A  CONCISE  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF  THE  WORKS  OF 

WALT  WHITMAN 


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CONCISE   BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF  THE  WORKS  OF 

WALT  WHITMAN 

WITH  A  SUPPLEMENT  OF 
FIFTY  BOOKS  ABOUT  WHITMAN 

BY 
CAROLYN  WELLS 

AND 

ALFRED  F.  GOLDSMITH 


BOSTON  AND  NEW  YORK 

HOUGHTON  MIFFLIN  COMPANY 

MDCCCCXXII 

N 


COPYRIGHT,  IQ22,  BY  HOUGHTON  MIFFLIN  COMPANY 
ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED 


AFFECTIONATELY  DEDICATED  TO 
RAY  S.   GOLDSMITH 


FOREWORD 

IN  presenting  this  list  of  books  by  and  about 
Walt  Whitman,  the  compilers  hesitate  to 
call  it  a  Bibliography.  For  it  lacks  much  of 
the  minutias  a  true  Bibliography  should  have. 
It  is,  rather,  a  check-list  of  the  works  of 
Whitman  and  a  list  of  about  fifty  books  that 
have  been  written  about  him. 

Whitman's  principal  work,  Leaves  of 
Grass,  though  practically  one  book,  was 
issued  in  such  various  forms  and  editions, 
that  it  makes  a  library  in  itself.  It  is  our  in 
tent  to  provide  a  safe  and  reliable  guide  to 
these  various  editions,  that  may  be  of  help 
ful  interest  to  the  collector,  the  student,  and 
the  librarian. 

Many  editions  of  English  publishers  are 
listed,  but  though  the  works  have  been  trans 
lated  into  German,  Dutch,  Danish,  Italian, 
Russian,  Japanese,  and  Spanish,  these  for- 
[  vii] 


eign  books  are  not  here  included.  Nor  are 
the  short  and  unrelated  bits  in  magazines 
and  newspapers  mentioned,  nor  such  poems 
as  have  been  included  in  various  anthologies. 

In  regard  to  the  early  and  rare  editions  we 
have  given  all  details  necessary  to  identify 
such  issues,  in  preference  to  a  strict  transcrip 
tion  of  the  tide-page,  as  some  of  the  early 
books  can  hardly  be  said  to  have  a  title-page. 
Of  the  later  and  modern  editions  we  have 
given  exact  transcriptions,  as  the  changes  in 
various  cases  seemed  to  require  it. 

There  are  many  books  about  Walt  Whit 
man  that  have  not  been  included.  The 
omission  of  a  book  is  not  necessarily  a  dis 
paragement  of  the  volume,  but  we  present  a 
representative  list,  useful  to  the  student  and 
collector. 

Much  good  work  has  already  been  done 
in  this  field  by  P.  K.  Foley,  Oscar  Lovell 
Triggs,  Professor  Emory  Holloway,  Henry 
M.  Saunders,  and  Frank  Shay. 

Books  about  an  author  are  rarely  included 
[  viii  1 


in  a  Bibliography,  but  many  of  those  written 
about  Whitman  are  of  such  importance  that 
they  are  as  difficult  to  get  and  of  as  much 
interest  to  a  collector  or  student  of  the  poet, 
as  are  his  own  works.  Indeed,  the  books 
by  John  Burroughs  and  Dr.  Maurice  Bucke 
were  so  carefully  edited  by  Whitman  as  al 
most  to  be  considered,  in  part  at  least,  as 
autobiographical. 


CONTENTS 

WORKS  OF  WALT  WHITMAN  i 

SELECTIONS  FROM  THE  WORKS  OF 

WALT  WHITMAN  51 

BOOKS  ABOUT  WALT  WHITMAN  79 


A  CONCISE  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 
WALT  WHITMAN 

WORKS  OF  WALT  WHITMAN 


ERRATA 

Page  7,  line  7: 

Before  reprint  insert  partial. 

Page  13,  line  14: 

Before  8vo  insert  as  new  paragraph: 

Fifth:  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  "  Drum  Taps," 
and  "Songs  before  Parting." 

Page  21,  1876,  lines  5,  6: 
For  Cream-colored  .  .  .  boards, 
read  8vo,  half  cream-colored  calf,  marbled- 
board  sides, 

Page  29,  last  line: 

Dele  Later  issues  are  uncut. 

Page  37,  lines  13-17: 

Dele  LAURENS  MAYNARD  .  .  .  numbered 
copies.  [An  inadvertent  repetition.] 

Page  44,  line  10: 

Dele  The  Lamb  Publishing  Company. 

Pages  75,  76: 

This  first  1920  item  is  a  duplicate  of  the  one 
that  follows  and  should  be  omitted. 


Pages  97,  98 : 

This  first  1906  item  should  read  as  follows: 

1906 

WALT    WHITMAN:    HIS    LIFE    AND 
WORK,  by  BLISS  PERRY. 
8vo,  brown  cloth,  illustrated.   HOUGHTON, 
MIFFLIN  &  COMPANY,  Boston,  1906. 

There  is  also  a  large-paper  edition  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  copies,  8vo,  red  cloth, 
uncut,  paper  label.  Also  an  English  edition, 
same  date,  published  by  Archibald  Con 
stable  and  Company,  Ltd. 

Reprinted  with  slight  additions  in  the 
Riverside  Popular  Biographies,  1908. 


A  CONCISE  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 
WALT  WHITMAN 

1842 

FRANKLIN  EVANS;    OR   THE  INE 
BRIATE. 

Original  Temperance  Novel.  Published  as 
an  extra  to  The  New  World.  New  York, 
November,  1842.  No.  34. 
Royal  octavo,  31  pp.  uncut. 

Printed  in  pamphlet  form,  no  covers  and 
never  printed  as  a  separate  bound  book. 
A  complete  reprint  is  in  "The  Uncollected 
Prose  and  Poetry  of  Walt  Whitman,"  by 
Emory  Holloway. 


1855 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  First  Edition. 
Preface  xii.  Pp.  95.  End  blank. 
Quarto.  Green  cloth.  Blind  stamped,  rus 
tic  lettered  title,  also  triple-line  border 

[31 


v,  §tamp6ql  in  'gilt  on  front  and  back  covers. 
Backstrip  shows  lettering  and  ornaments 
gold  stamped.  Gilt  edges.  Marbled  end 
papers.  Frontispiece  portrait  on  plain  pa 
per.  Author's  name  in  copyright  notice 
on  verso  of  title-page,  and  again  on  page 
29.  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  1855. 

The  above  describes  the  issue  most  de 
sired  by  collectors  and  is  probably  the  earli 
est  issue.  It  is  unlikely  that  all  the  copies 
were  bound  at  once,  as  some  lack  the  gilt 
edges,  or  the  gold  lines  on  the  covers,  and 
some  show  plain  end-papers. 

It  has  been  said  that  later  copies  were  less 
ornate  to  save  a  few  cents  on  the  cost  of 
binding,  but  this  is  mere  conjecture. 

The  last  issue  of  the  first  edition,  com 
monly  called  the  second  issue,  is  in  every 
way  like  the  first  issue,  except  that: 

The  title  is  stamped  in  gold  on  front 
coveronly.Thegoldborderlinesandthegilt 
edges  are  omitted.  The  end-papers  are  yel 
low,  and  eight  pages  of  press  notices  are  in 
serted,  sometimes  found  at  the  beginning  of 
the  volume  and  sometimes  at  the  end.  In 
most  copies  the  frontispiece  is  on  India  paper. 

[4] 


Of  each  of  these  issues  there  were  a  few 
paper  bound  copies,  in  various  colors,  with 
the  title  printed  across  the  front  cover  in 
black  block  letters.  Though  these  are  ex 
ceedingly  rare  and  perhaps  of  all  Whitman 
items  are  most  desired  by  collectors,  yet 
they  are  not  necessarily  first  issues  of  the 
first  edition. 

Of  three  copies  at  present  known,  two 
show  the  bound-in  pages  of  press  com 
ments,  which  only  appeared  in  the  second 
issue,  and  the  other  has  the  India  paper 
frontispiece,  which  also  was  used  in  the  sec 
ond  issue. 

The  volume  contains  twelve  poems. 

A  few  copies  found  their  way  to  England. 
These  have  a  little  sticker  over  the  imprint 
at  the  foot  of  title-page,  and  bear  the  name 
of  a  London  bookseller  or  publisher. 


1856 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.   Second  Edition. 
Thick  i6mo,  dull  green  cloth,  title  in  gilt, 
quotation  from  Emerson's  letter:  "  I  greet 

[si 


you  at  the  beginning  of  a  great  career. 
R.  W.  Emerson,"  on  backstrip.  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.,  1856. 

This  volume  was  published  by  Fowler 
and  Wells,  and  while  they  refused  to  print 
their  name  on  the  title-page,  all  copies  have 
a  leaf  of  Fowler  and  Wells'  advertisements 
at  the  end  of  the  volume.  This  volume  con 
tains  thirty-two  poems.  Although  one  thou 
sand  copies  were  printed,  the  book  is  quite 
a  rarity  and  is  seldom  found  in  good  condi 
tion. 


i860 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.    Imprints. 

American  and  European  criticisms  of 
Leaves  of  Grass. 

i6mo.  Light  brown  wrappers.  THAYER 
AND  ELDRIDGE,  Boston,  1860.  Date  on 
back  cover  and  tide-page. 

This  was  a  reprint  of  criticisms  of  the 

first  and  second  editions.  Pages  7,  30,  38, 

contain  articles  written  by  Walt  Whitman 

anonymously  to  various  papers.  Dr.  Bucke 

[6] 


is  the  authority  for  this  statement.  The 
pamphlet  was  supplied  gratuitously  by  the 
publishers  as  an  advertisement.  The  letter 
of  Emerson  to  Whitman  is  reprinted  in  full 
on  reverse  of  the  first  fly-leaf. 

On  account  of  its  size  and  frail  make-up, 
it  is  now  very  rare.  A  reprint  may  be  found 
in  "In  Re  Walt  Whitman." 


1860-61 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.   Third  Edition. 
Thick  8vo.  Orange  cloth.  THAYER  AND 
ELDRIDGE,  Boston,  1 860-61. 

There  were  many  issues  of  this  edition 
in  various  colors  and  textures  of  cloth,  and 
with  differing  ornament.  Although  there 
is  no  absolute  proof,  the  first  issue  was  prob 
ably  orange  cloth  with  heavy  blind  emboss 
ing  in  wavy  vertical  lines,  with  title  and 
butterfly  design  on  backstrip,  and  a  blind 
symbolical  ornament  with  words  "  Leaves 
of  Grass "  heavily  blind-stamped  on  cov 
ers  ;  frontispiece  portrait  after  painting  by 
Charles  Hine,  printed  on  plain  white  pa- 


per.  Later  issues,  the  same  year,  were  made 
in  different  shades  of  cloth  with  varying  or 
namentation  and  the  blind  embossing.  The 
portrait  is  the  same,  but  is  surrounded  with 
a  buff  tint,  which  was  added  to  strengthen 
the  picture.  As  many  as  twelve  varieties 
of  color,  cloth,  and  embossing  have  been 
noted. 

The  curious  cloth  and  heavy  embossing 
were  not  original  with  Whitman.  Such 
bindings  were  a  product  of  the  time,  and 
several  other  books  of  this  period  bear  the 
same  binding. 

On  all  editions  of  these  issues,  the  title- 
page  is  the  same,  but  the  genuine  Thayer 
and  Eldridge  editions  (besides  the  regular 
copyright  notice  on  verso  of  the  title-page) 
bear  the  inscription :  "  Electrotyped  at  the 
Boston  Stereotype  Foundry.  Printed  by 
George  C.  Rand  and  Avery." 

There  is  a  very  rare  issue  of  this  edition 
of  which  a  few  copies  have  been  noted ; 
these  are  large  8vo,  wide  margins,  front 
and  bottom  edges  uncut,  bound  in  purple 
pebbled  cloth,  without  the  usual  ornaments 
on  binding.  The  only  copies  known  were 
[8] 


found  in  England,  and  it  is  probable  that 
a  small  number  were  sent  to  London  and 
were  bound  there.  This  issue  has  the  por 
trait  on  plain  paper  untinted. 

1860-61 
(1879-188-) 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

8vo,  brown  cloth.  THAYER  AND  EL- 
DRIDGE,  Boston,  1 860-6 1. 

This  is  a  spurious  issue  of  the  1 860-61 
Thayer  and  Eldridge  edition,  having  the 
same  title-page  and  frontispiece,  both  plain 
and  tinted  —  yet  this  edition  was  not  pub 
lished  until  1879. 

Owing  to  financial  difficulties  caused  by 
the  Civil  War,  the  firm  of  Thayer  and  El 
dridge  was  forced  to  give  up  business.  The 
plates  of  their  "  Leaves  of  Grass"  were  sold 
at  auction  and  subsequently  (about  1879) 
became  the  property  of  Richard  Worthing- 
ton,  a  New  York  publisher,  who  offered 
Whitman  $250.00  to  authenticate  the  edi 
tion  and  add  a  few  extra  poems.  Whitman 
indignantly  refused,  and  Worthington  then 

[9] 


issued  an  edition  in  reddish-brown  cloth, 
imitating  the  Thayer  and  Eldridge  edition 
as  to  format  and  portrait.  At  the  end  of 
the  volume,  he  inserted  several  pages,  ad 
vertising  his  other  publications. 

This  issue  he  at  once  followed  up  with 
other  editions,  omitting  the  advertisements, 
but  getting  a  still  closer  imitation  of  the 
genuine  issue,  by  the  use  of  heavier  paper, 
though  various  weights  of  paper  were  used 
later. 

Worthington  reprinted  the  book  for 
years,  and  although  against  the  wishes  of 
Whitman  (who  went  so  far  as  to  institute 
legal  proceedings  against  him),  some  sort 
of  a  compromise  must  have  been  effected, 
as  there  is  at  least  one  record  of  a  small 
amount  received  by  Walt  Whitman  from 
Worthington  as  royalty. 

Thousands  of  these  spurious  editions 
were  sold  and  the  book  is  quite  common; 
it  can  be  readily  detected,  as  all  the  Worth 
ington  reprints  lack  the  words:  "Electro- 
typed  at  the  Boston  Stereotype  Foundry. 
Printed  by  George  C.  Rand  and  Avery," 
on  the  verso  of  the  title-page. 
[  10] 


1865 

WALT  WHITMAN'S  DRUM  TAPS, 
izmo,  brown  cloth,  plain  white  edges, 
title  on  gilt  background  in  circle  on  front 
cover.  New  York,  1865. 

A  few  copies  were  issued  containing 
" Drum  4 Taps"  only.  On  the  death  of 
Lincoln,  Whitman  held  up  the  edition  and 
added  "  When  Lilacs  Last  in  the  Dooryard 
Bloom'd,"  with  separate  title-page  and  pagi 
nation.  The  genuine  first  issue  without 
"  Sequel "  has  very  thin  paper  fly-leaves  and 
plain  edges.  In  the  second  issue  the  fly 
leaves  are  heavier  and  the  edges  speckled. 


1865 

WALT  WHITMAN'S  DRUM  TAPS. 
1 2mo,  brown  cloth,  brown  sprinkled  edges, 
title  on  gilt  background,  in  circle  on  front 
cover.  New  York,  1865. 

This  issue  contains  the  "Sequel,"  with 
the  following  title-page : "  Sequel  to  Drum 
Taps."  (Since  the  preceding  came  from  the 


press,)  "When  Lilacs  Last  in  the  Door- 
yard  Bloom'd  and  Other  Pieces."  Wash 
ington,  1865-66. 

The  added  section  contains  a  leaf  of  con 
tents  and  extra  pagination,  pages  4-24. 

Also  an  English  edition,  I2mo,  deco 
rated  boards,  uncut,  12  page  introduction, 
published  by  Chatto  and  Windus,  London, 
1915. 


1867 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.   1867.  Fourth  Edi 
tion. 

Narrow  8vo,  half  black  morocco,  marbled 
board  sides,  leather  corners,  marbled  edges, 
title,  "  Leaves  of  Grass"  in  gold  stamping 
on  backstrip.  No  portrait.  New  York, 
1867. 

This  issue  was  printed  for  Whitman  by 
William  E.  Chapin,  Beekman  Street,  New 
York.  The  name  of  neither  publisher  nor 
author  appears  on  the  title-page.  Whit 
man's  name  is  mentioned  in  the  copyright 
notice  on  verso  of  title,  and  the  printer's 

[    12] 


name  appears  at  the  foot  of  the  same 
page. 

Published  in  various  forms,  which  were 
all  issued  in  the  same  year: 

First:  "  Leaves  of  Grass"  only.  338  pp. 

Second:  "  Leaves  of  Grass,"  with  "  Drum 
Taps,"  and  "Sequel  to  Drum  Taps" 
added.  These  two  editions  have  marbled 
edges. 

Third:  "  Leaves  of  Grass,"  with  "  Songs 
Before  Parting." 

Fourth:  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  "Drum 
Taps,"  "  Sequel  to  Drum  Taps,"  and 
"  Songs  Before  Parting."  8vo,  entirely  un 
cut,  gray  paper  wrappers.  This  issue  is  ex 
ceedingly  rare. 

The  end-papers  of  these  editions  vary; 
they  have  been  known  to  be  white,  yellow, 
and  marbled.  Also,  the  sides  are  frequently 
covered  with  brown  paper  in  imitation  of 
pebbled  cloth.  Some  copies  have  in  addi 
tion  to  the  stamping  on  backstrip,  the 
, words,  "Ed'n,  1867"  at  the  foot.  There 
is  no  absolute  rule  as  to  these  variations,  as 
copies  with  and  without  the  added  sections 
have  "  Ed'n,  1867  "  on  backstrip. 


Page  four  of  contents  to  "Leaves  of 
Grass"  (of  all  copies)  lists  "Drum  Taps" 
and  "Songs  Before  Parting"  at  foot  of  page, 
though  the  book  may  not  contain  these 
added  sections.  Each  added  section  has  a 
title-page,  table  of  contents,  and  separate 
pagination.  The  last  of  the  issues  above 
mentioned  have  plain  edges. 

This  edition  was  crude  and  poorly  put 
together.  They  were  probably  bound  up 
in  small  lots  as  sold.  This  may  account  for 
the  many  variations. 


1871 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.    1871.    Fifth  Edi 
tion. 

Narrow  8vo,  light  green  paper  wrappers, 
entirely  uncut.  Washington,  D.C.,  1871. 

On  front  wrapper :  "J.  S.  Redfield,  140 
Fulton  St.,  N.Y."  Whitman's  name  ap 
pears  on  verso  of  title-page.  Advertise 
ments  of  Walt  Whitman's  books  on  back 
cover. 

The  first   issue  contains  384  pages,  a 


very  small  number  were  printed,  and  the 
book  is  very  rare.  A  few  copies  have  the 
green  wrapper  covered  with  a  thin  marbled 
paper,  and  bear  a  white  paper  label  on  the 
backstrip.  These  copies  have  added, "  Pas 
sage  to  India,"  120  extra  pages.  All  copies 
of  this  later  issue,  noted,  are  autographed, 
and  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that 
these  were  hastily  put  together  by  Whit 
man  for  a  few  friends. 


1871 

AFTER  ALL  NOT  TO  CREATE  ONLY. 

Recited  by  Walt  Whitman  on  Invitation 
of  Managers  American  Institute,  On 
Opening  Their  4Oth  Annual  Exhibition. 
New  York,  noon,  September  7th,  1871. 

The  first  issue  was  in  folio  sheets,  broad 
side  form,  printed  by  Pearson,  Washington, 
1871.  This  consisted  of  a  very  few  copies. 
The  regular  edition  was  in  8vo,  beveled 
cloth  boards  in  three  shades,  maroon,  green, 
and  brown.  Roberts  Bros.,  Boston,  1871. 
There  was  a  cheaper  edition  same  colors  of 


cloth  and  same  date  in  limp  cloth,  I2mo. 
The  poem  was  later  published  in  "  Trans 
actions"  of  the  American  Institute,  1871— 
72,  large  8vo,  leather  back.  Albany,  1872. 


1871 

DEMOCRATIC  VISTAS.  Memoranda. 
Narrow  I2mo,  light  green  paper  wrap 
pers,  uncut,  tide  in  ink  on  front  cover, 
advertisements  on  back  cover.  Washing 
ton,  D.C.,  1871. 

Whitman's  name  appears  in  copyright 
notice  on  verso  of  title-page  and  not  on 
title-page.  Printed  for  Whitman  by  J.  S. 
Redfield,  New  York. 


1871 

PASSAGE   TO  INDIA.      LEAVES    OF 

GRASS. 

Five-line  poem,  beginning  "Gliding o'er 
all." 

Narrow  I2mo,  light  green  wrappers,  un 
cut,  tide  in  ink  on  front  cover,  advertise- 
F  16  1 


ments  on  back  cover.  Washington,  B.C., 
1871. 

Whitman's  name  appears  in  copyright 
notice  on  verso  of  title-page  and  not  on 
title-page.  Printed  for  Whitman  by  J.  S. 
Redfield,  New  York.  A  few  copies  were 
printed  as  a  broadside  in  large  type,  same 
text,  two  sheets  folio,  no  place,  no  date. 
(1871.) 


1872 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 
Washington,  B.C.,  1872. 
Narrow  8vo,  smooth  dark  green  cloth, 
edges  uncut.    Gilt  lettering  "Leaves  of 
Grass  Complete"  on  backstrip. 

This  is  practically  a  second  issue  of  the 
1871  edition.  All  copies  contain  "Passage 
to  India,"  with  extra  title-page  and  pagi 
nation.  Later  issues  contain  "After  All, 
Not  to  Create  Only."  Fourteen  extra  pages. 
Whitman's  name  does  not  appear  on  title, 
but  is  in  copyright  notice  on  verso  of  title- 
page. 

[  17] 


Most  copies  are  in  the  smooth  dark  green 
cloth,  but  a  few  copies  have  been  found  in 
various  shades  of  cheap  pebbled  cloth,  ma 
roon,  blue  and  brown.  This  issue,  in  addi 
tion  to  title  on  backstrip,  has  an  ornamen 
tal  device  at  bottom  of  backstrip,  and  some 
have  ornamental  tooling  on  front  and  back 
covers. 

H.  Buxton  Forman  considered  this  issue 
an  English  pirated  edition  published  by 
John  C.  Hotten.  This  is  probable,  as  the 
binding  is  much  in  the  English  style  of  the 
period,  but  there  is  nothing  which  abso 
lutely  confirms  this  issue  as  an  English 
edition. 


1872 

AS    A   STRONG    BIRD   ON    PINIONS 
FREE  AND  OTHER  POEMS. 

Washington,  1872. 

Narrow  8vo,  green  cloth,  title  in  gilt  on 

front  cover. 

Words,  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  on  upper 
portion  of  title-page  in  small  type.  Whit- 
[  18  ] 


man's  name  appears  on  verso  of  title-page 
in  copyright  notice.  Name  of  printer,  S.  W. 
Green,  also  appears  on  verso  of  title. 


1875 

MEMORANDA  DURING   THE  WAR. 
By  WALT  WHITMAN.  Author  s  Publi 
cation.  Camden,  New  Jersey,  1875-76. 
I2mo,  red-brown  cloth,  green  end  pa 
pers,  all  edges  gilt,  title  on  front  cover 
reading,  "Walt  Whitman's  Memoranda 
of  the  War.    Written  on  the  Spot  in 
1863-65." 

The  first  printed  page  begins  with  the 
words  "Remembrance  Copy"  with  space 
left  for  written  presentation  and  author's 
autograph,  this  is  followed  by  "Personal 
Note"  which  occupies  the  remainder  of  the 
page  and  continues  on  the  next.  The  book 
should  contain  two  portraits,  but  occasion 
ally  has  but  one.  Page  of  advertisements 
for  Whitman's  books  at  end  of  text.  Al 
most  every  copy  was  autographed  and  it  is 
improbable  that  more  than  a  hundred  copies 

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were   issued.     The    book    is  exceedingly 
rare. 


1876 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Nine-Line  Poem  beginning  "Come,  Said 
My  Soul."  Author's  autograph  signed  in 
ink  on  title-page.  Author  s  Edition,  with 
portraits  from  Life,  Camden,  N.J.,  1876. 
8vo,  half  cream-colored  calf,  marbled 
board  sides,  brown  leather  label,  two  por 
traits,  pages  29  and  285. 

About  one  hundred  bore  a  larger  leather 
label  on  which  was  printed  "Centennial 
Edition."  A  very  few  copies  had  the  words 
"With  Portraits  and  Intercalations"  at  the 
bottom  of  title-page.  The  intercalations 
were  short  poems  printed  on  small  slips  of 
paper  pasted  down  on  the  blank  portions 
of  the  following  pages : 

As  in  a  Swoon 207 

The  Beauty  of  the  Ship      ...  247 

When  the  Full-Grown  Poet  Came  359 

After  an  Interval 369 

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In  some  copies  the  intercalations  were 
printed  in  the  book,  and  some  copies  do 
not  contain  them  at  all.  There  is  a  varia 
tion  in  the  intercalations:  a  few  contain 
"A  Death  Sonnet  for  Custer." 

Many  copies  have  been  found  unauto- 
graphed  and  some  do  not  contain  portraits. 


1876 

TWO  RIVULETS,  including  Democratic 
Vistas,  Centennial  Songs,  and  Passage  to 
India.  Author  s  Edition.  Camden,  New 
Jersey,  1876. 

Cream-colored  calf,  8vo,  half  sides,  mar 
bled  boards,  brown  leather  label,  portrait, 
"Photo'd  from  life,  Sept.,  '72,  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.,  by  G.  F.  Pearsall,  Fulton  St.," 
signed  "Walt  Whitman,  born  May  31, 
1819,"  gilt  lettering. 

Some  copies  have  slightly  different  word 
ing  on  portrait,  and  some  give  date  when 
portrait  was  signed.  There  was  an  edition 
of  one  hundred  copies  bearing  a  larger 
brown  label  with  the  words  in  gilt,  "  Cen- 

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tennial  Edition/'  The  1876  "  Leaves"  and 
"Two  Rivulets"  were  uniform  in  binding 
and  were  sold  by  Whitman  as  a  complete 
edition  of  his  works.  Some  copies  contained 
the  photograph  without  the  autograph  in 
scription.  The  author  kept  a  supply  of 
these  books  on  hand  and  inscribed  and 
autographed  them  as  they  were  sold. 


1881 

THE  POETRY  OF  THE  FUTURE,  by 

WALT  WHITMAN. 

8vo,  pamphlet,  sewed,  no  covers,  title- 
page. 

At  top  of  first  page  are  the  words  "  From 
the  North  American  Review."  Pagination 
196  to  210.  First  printed  in  North  Ameri 
can  Review,  February,  1881.  A  very  few 
copies,  with  pagination  unaltered,  were  is 
sued  for  a  few  friends  of  Whitman.  The 
words  "From  the  North  American  Re 
view"  were  printed  at  top  of  first  page,  and 
a  paper  backstrip  added. 

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1881 

THE    POETS'    TRIBUTES    TO    GAR- 
FIELD. 

The  Collection  of  Poems  Written  for  the 
Boston  Daily  Globe,  and  many  selections. 
8vo,  in  cloth  and  in  pictorial  wrappers. 
Cambridge,  Mass. :  Published  by  MOSES 
KING.  Harvard  Square.  1881. 

Includes  poem  by  Walt  Whitman. 

1881 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  Author  s  copyright 
Edition. 

8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  frontispiece, 
portrait  same  as  used  in  1855  edition. 
Gilt  lettering  on  backstrip  and  cover,  black 
ruling  on  top  and  bottom  of  binding. 
DAVID  BOGUE,  London,  1881. 


1881 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS,  by  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Preface  to  the  original  edition. 
Large  8vo,  light  blue  wrappers,  uncut. 

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Limited  to  five  hundred  copies.  TRUBNER 
AND  Co.,  London,  1881. 

Also   an  edition   of  twenty-five  large- 
paper  copies,  signed  by  the  editor. 


1881-82 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Boston:  JAMES  R.  OSGOOD  AND  COM 
PANY,  1881-82. 

Small  8vo,  dull  yellow  cloth,  name  of 
author  and  butterfly  design  in  gilt  on  back- 
strip,  author's  name  in  gilt  on  front  cover, 
portrait,  page  29.  JAMES  R.  OSGOOD  AND 
COMPANY,  Boston,  1881-82. 

This  edition  is  known  as  the  suppressed 
issue,  and  while  not  actually  suppressed, 
it  was  withdrawn  from  publication  on  com 
plaint  of  the  District  Attorney  of  Boston 
acting  under  instructions  from  Attorney- 
General  Marston.  The  book  was  also  pro 
hibited  from  going  through  the  mails,  but 
this  ruling  was  afterward  revoked.  The 
first  issue  had  the  words  "  Third  Edition" 


printed  on  the  title-page,  the  error  was 
quickly  noted,  and  only  a  few  copies  had 
this  line. 


1882 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Nine-Line  Poem  beginning  "  Come,  Said 
My  Soul,"  signed  with  author's  autograph 
in  ink.  Author  s  Edition.  Camden,  N.J., 
1882. 

Whitman's  name  in  copyright  notice  on 
verso  of  title-page.  Two  portraits,  one  on 
page  29,  the  other  on  page  297. 
8vo,  dark  green  cloth,  top  edge  gilt,  back- 
strip  lettered  in  gilt,  "  Author's  Edition 
Leaves  of  Grass  Complete  Autograph  and 
Portraits  1882." 

This  is  a  scarce  and  almost  unknown  is 
sue  ;  it  is  doubtful  if  more  than  one  hundred 
copies  were  printed.  It  appeared  after  the 
suppression  of  the  Boston  edition  and  be 
fore  the  first  Philadelphia  edition  was  is 
sued  by  Rees,  Welsh  and  Company.  The 
text  and  type  is  the  same  as  that  used  in 

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the  Boston  edition,  the  title-page  only 
being  different.  All  copies  were  auto 
graphed,  and  it  is  probable  that  Whitman 
had  these  made  for  a  few  friends  while 
waiting  for  the  first  Philadelphia  edition. 


1882 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

REES,  WELSH  AND  COMPANY,  23  South 
Ninth  Street,  Philadelphia,  1882.  The 
first  Philadelphia  edition. 
Small  8vo,  dull  yellow  cloth,  portrait  as 
in  1855  edition  at  page  29.  Whitman's 
name  on  front  cover.  Tide  and  butterfly 
design  in  gilt  on  backstrip.  REES,  WELSH 
AND  COMPANY,  Philadelphia,  1882. 

Later  issues  the  same  year  by  David 
McKay  who  became  Whitman's  publisher 
and  friend.  Subsequent  editions  by  Mc 
Kay. 

1883-1884-1888.  A  few  copies  of  each 
McKay  edition  were  large  8vo,  gilt  top, 
edges  uncut,  same  binding  and  lettering  as 
the  regular  issue. 

[26] 


In  1888  a  small  special  edition  was  has 
tily  made  up  to  Whitman's  order.  The 
title-pages  varied  as  to  date  1882-1884- 
1888.  Same  binding  as  preceding  editions, 
but  having  an  added  section  with  leaf  of 
contents,  and  extra  title-page,  following 
page  382,  reading,  Annex  to  Preceding 
Pages.  Sands  at  Seventy.  Copyright  by 
Walt  Whitman.  See  November  Boughs. 
David  McKay.  1888,  Philadelphia. 

This  issue  contains  404  pages,  while  the 
regular  editions  had  382  pages. 

A  few  copies  of  the  1884  McKay  edition 
were  bound  up  in  green  cloth,  uncut,  black 
lettering  on  binding.  Imprint  of  Putnams 
on  backstrip,  but  the  title-page  bears  the 
McKay  imprint.  Probably  a  few  copies 
made  up  for  the  London  branch  of  G.  P. 
Putnam's  Sons. 


1882 

SPECIMEN  DAYS  AND  COLLECT,  by 
WALT  WHITMAN,  Author  of  Leaves 
of  Grass. 


8vo,  dull  yellow  cloth,  title  in  gilt  on 
backstrip  and  front  cover.  REES,  WELSH 
AND  COMPANY,  Philadelphia,  1882-83. 

A  few  copies  were  in  paper  wrappers. 
A  second  issue  dated  the  same  year  bears 
the  imprint  of  David  McKay. 

In  1883  Wilson  and  McCormick,  of 
Glasgow,  issued  an  edition  bearing  the  date 
1883.  This  was  large  8vo,  dull  yellow 
cloth,  uncut,  gilt  lettering  on  backstrip.  A 
second  issue  was  brought  out  by  the  same 
firm,  the  same  year,  with  slight  variations 
of  binding.  The  publishers'  name  was 
omitted  from  the  backstrip,  and  the  letter 
ing  on  the  backstrip  changed. 


1884 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Large  8vo,  uncut,  dull  yellow  cloth,  ti 
tle  in  gilt  and  gilt  lettering  on  backstrip. 
WILSON  AND  MCCORMICK,  Glasgow, 
1884.  Portrait  frontispiece. 

Uniform  with  "  Specimen  Days  and  Col 
lect."  Published  by  same  firm. 


1885 

OBSEQUIES  OF  RED  JACKET. 

Volume  III  of  Transactions  of  the  Buffalo 

Historical  Society.    Published  by  order 

of  the  Society.  Buffalo,  1885. 

Large   8vo,   green  wrappers.    Contains 

"Red  Jacket,  an  Impromptu,"  by  Walt 

Whitman. 

-\ 

1887 

SPECIMEN   DAYS   IN   AMERICA.    By 

WALT  WHITMAN. 

Newly  revised  by  the  author,  with  fresh 
preface  and  additional  note.  London: 
WALTER  SCOTT,  24  Warwick  Lane,  Pater 
noster  Row,  1887. 

i6mo,  blue  cloth,  white  paper  label,  un 
cut. 

Reprinted  in  various  colors  of  cloth, 
and  also  issued  in  i6mo,  green  cloth,  gilt 
lettering,  by  George  Routledge  and  Sons, 
Ltd.  Later  issues  are  uncut. 


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1888 

NOVEMBER  BOUGHS.  By  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 

Philadelphia:   DAVID  McKAY,  23  South 
Ninth  Street,  1888. 

Large  8vo,  maroon  or  green  cloth,  title 
in  gilt  on  backstrip  and  front  cover. 

Some  copies  have  portrait  frontispiece. 
Also  a  small  issue  of  large  paper  copies  in 
small  quarto,  uncut,  dark  green  cloth,  and 
a  few  in  limp  maroon  or  blue  cloth,  same 
size. 

Also  an  English  edition,  large  8vo,  dark 
green  or  maroon  cloth,  portrait  frontis 
piece.  Published  by  Alexander  Gardner, 
Paisley  and  London,  1889. 


1888 

DEMOCRATIC  VISTAS,  AND  OTHER 

PAPERS.  By  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Published  by  arrangement  with  the  au 
thor.  London:  WALTER  SCOTT,  24  War 
wick  Lane,  Paternoster  Row,  1888. 
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I2mo,  cloth,  white  paper  label,  uncut; 
portrait. 

Reprints  in  various  shades  of  cloth,  and 
also  issued  in  1 6mo,  green  cloth,  by  George 
Routledge  and  Sons  and  Company,  Ltd., 
and  by  J.  M.  Dent  and  Sons,  London,  in 
combination  with  "Leaves  of  Grass/'  one 
vol.  1912. 

A  few  copies  of  the  1888  edition,  prob 
ably  for  review,  were  in  brown  paper  wrap 
pers. 


1888 

COMPLETE  POEMS  AND  PROSE  OF 

WALT  WHITMAN,  1855-1888. 
Authenticated  and  Personal.  (Handled  by 
Walt  Whitman.)      Portraits  from    life. 
Autograph. 

Large  8vo,  half  cloth,  marbled  sides,  un 
cut,  title  on  backstrip. 

Portrait  on  title-page,  one  page  of  text, 
followed  by  title-page  to"  Leaves  of  Grass," 
with  nine-line  poem  beginning  "Come, 
Said  my  Soul."  Signed  with  author's  auto- 


graph  in  ink.  Neither  place  nor  publisher 
is  given  on  title-page.  The  book  was  is 
sued  for  Whitman  in  1888.  Six  hundred 
numbered  copies.  Printed  by  Ferguson 
Brothers  and  Company,  Philadelphia.  Por 
traits  at  pages  29,  296,  374.  Some  copies 
are  not  numbered  and  lack  portraits.  A 
few  copies  were  bound  in  half  leather  and 
some  in  full  gray  buckram. 

1889- 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

With  Sands  at  Seventy  and  A  Backward 
Glance  o'er  Travel'd  Roads.  May  31, 
1889. 

Today,  after  finishing  my  yoth  year,  the 
fancy  comes  for  celebrating  it  by  a  special 
complete,  final  utterance,  in  one  handy 
volume  of  L.  of  G.  with  their  Annex, 
and  Backward  Glance  —  and  for  stamping 
and  sprinkling  all  with  portraits  and  facial 
photos,  such  as  they  actually  were,  taken 
from  life,  different  stages.  Doubtless,  any 
how,  the  volume  is  more  a  Person  than  a 
book.  And  for  testimony  to  all  (and  good 

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measure)  I  here  with  pen  and  ink  append 
my  name:  Walt  Whitman.  Portraits  from 
Life :  autograph ;  special  edition.  (Three 
hundred  copies  only  printed — $5  each.) 
I2mo,  limp  leather  (black  morocco)  mar 
bled  end-papers,  made  in  regular  book 
form  and  also  with  flap,  pocket-book  style 
with  inner  pocket  for  papers,  gilt  edges, 
photographic  portrait  frontispiece,  and 
other  illustrations.  Whitman's  autograph 
on  title-page  in  ink.  Printed  by  FERGUSON 
BROS.  AND  COMPANY,  Philadelphia. 

This  is  a  scarce  book  and  a  good  copy  is 
difficult  to  find. 


1890 

GIORDANO  BRUNO.  PHILOSOPHER  AND 

MARTYR. 

Two  addresses  by  Daniel  G.  Brinton  and 
Thomas  Davidson,  M.A. 
Narrow  8vo,  brown  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on 
front  cover.  DAVID  McKAY,  Philadelphia. 

This  contains  a  preface  by  Walt  Whit 
man. 

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1891- 

GOOD-BYE,  MY  FANCY.  2d  Annex  to 

Leaves  of  Grass. 

Philadelphia,  DAVID  McKAY,  Publisher, 
23  South  Ninth  Street,  1891. 
Large  8vo,  dark  green  or  maroon  cloth, 
title  in  gilt  on  backstrip  and  front  £over. 

Also  a  small  issue,  large  paper  copies, 
small  quarto,  uncut,  portrait.  In  dark  green 
or  maroon  cloth,  same  lettering. 

1891-92 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Including  Sands  at  Seventy,  ist  Annex, 
Good-Bye,  My  Fancy ;  zd  Annex,  A  Back 
ward  Glance  o'er  Traveled  Roads,  and 
Portrait  from  Life.  (Nine-line  poem, 
facsimile  signature  of  the  author.)  Phil 
adelphia:  DAVID  McKAY,  Publisher,  23 
South  Ninth  Street,  1891-2. 

The  first  issue  consisted  of  a  very  few 
copies.  Large  8vo,  rough  brown  paper 
wrappers,  yellow  paper  label,  on  backstrip, 
all  edges  uncut. 

[34] 


Whitman  was  very  ill  at  the  time,  and, 
wanting  to  see  the  edition,  Horace  Traubel 
had  a  few  copies  hurriedly  bound  in  wrap 
pers  for  him,  and  Whitman  had  them  sent 
to  intimate  friends.  This  issue  is  extremely 
rare  and  did  not  exceed  fifty  copies. 
'  The  rest  of  the  edition  was  bound  in 
dark  green  cloth,  8vo,  uncut,  top  edge  gilt, 
lettering  in  gilt  on  backstrip. 

Later  issues  were  in  gray  paper  wrappers, 
i2mo,  green  boards,  i2mo,  uncut,  and 
green  cloth,  8vo,  and  also  a  few  copies  in 
half  brown  morocco,  gilt  top. 

These  issues  lack  date  at  bottom  of  title- 
page  ;  also  some  of  the  later  issues  have 
the  publisher's  address  as  1022  Market 
Street,  Philadelphia.  A  few  copies  bear  the 
imprint  of  The  Labour  Press  Society, 
Manchester. 


1892 

COMPLETE   PROSE   WORKS.     WALT 

WHITMAN. 
Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  let- 

[351 


tering   on    backstrip.     DAVID    McKAY, 
Philadelphia,  1892. 

There  were  later  editions  dated  1 894  and 
1897. 


1893 

IN  RE  WALT  WHITMAN. 

Edited  by  his  Literary  Executors,  Horace 
L.  Traubel,  Richard  Maurice  Bucke, 
Thomas  B.  Harned  (quotation  from  Lu 
cretius).  Published  by  the  Editors  through 
DAVID  McKAY,  23  South  Ninth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  1893. 

Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  letter 
ing  on  backstrip. 

One  thousand  copies  published;  each 
copy  was  supposed  to  be  numbered,  but 
many  are  found  without  the  stamped  num 
ber.  Many  of  the  early  numbers  are  auto 
graphed  by  one  or  more  of  the  executors. 
There  were  a  few  copies  on  thin  paper, 
trimmed  edges,  in  paper  wrappers,  proba 
bly  an  advance  issue. 

[36] 


1897 

CALAMUS. 

A  Series  of  Letters  Written  during  the 
Years  1868-1880.  By  Walt  Whitman  to 
a  Young  Friend  (Peter  Doyle). 
Edited  with  an  introduction  by  Richard 
Maurice  Bucke,  M.D.,  one  of  Whitman's 
literary  executors.  (Quotation  from  p. 
102,  Leaves  of  Grass,  Edition  of  1892.) 
Published  by  LAURENS  MAYNARD  at  287 
Congress  Street  in  Boston,  MDCCCXCVII. 
I2mo,  green  cloth,  titles  in  gilt  on  back- 
strip,  frontispiece  portrait  of  Whitman 
and  Peter  Doyle.  LAURENS  MAYNARD, 
Boston,  MDCCCXCVII. 

There  is  a  special  large-paper  first  issue, 
8vo,  uncut,  paper  label,  limited  to  thirty- 
five  numbered  copies. 

Also  a  special  large-paper  issue  of  thirty- 
five  numbered  copies.  Light  green  boards, 
tan  cloth  back,  uncut,  illustrations  on  Ja 
pan  vellum.  Paper  label,  with  title  in  green 
ink.  Signed  by  Dr.  Bucke.  Small,  May- 
nard  and  Company,  Boston,  1897. 


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1897 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Including  Sands  at  Seventy,  Good-Bye, 
My  Fancy,  Old  Age  Echoes,  and  A  Back 
ward  Glance  O'er  Travel'd  Roads.  By 
WALT  WHITMAN. 

Boston:  SMALL,  MAYNARD  &  COMPANY, 
1897. 

8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  frontis 
piece,  title  and  ornamentation  in  gilt  on 
backstrip,  title  in  gilt  on  front  cover. 
Also  issued  in  wrappers  and  limp  leather. 
There  are  English  issues  of  this  edition 
in  paper  and  cloth.  These  issues  bear  the 
imprint  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  as  well 
as  that  of  Small,  Maynard  &  Company. 

There  were  various  reprints,  both  Amer 
ican  and  English  up  to  1907.  Copies  of 
the  paper  issue,  owing  to  its  fragile  nature, 
are  now  rarely  found  and  copies  in  good 
condition  are  scarce. 

There  is  also  a  large-paper  issue  of  ninety 
copies  of  the  "  Leaves  of  Grass  and  Prose." 
These  are  large  8vo,  gray-green  buckram, 
uncut,  illustrated,  paper  label.  Thirty  copies 

[38] 


were  for  Great  Britain  and  bear  the  im 
print  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  in  addition 
to  that  of  Small,  Maynard  and  Company. 
Sixty  copies  were  for  America  and  bear  the 
Small,  Maynard  imprint  only.  Both  are 
dated  1898. 


1898 

COMPETE  PROSE  WORKS. 

Specimen  Days  and  Collect.  November 
Boughs  and  Good-Bye,  My  Fancy.  By 
WALT  WHITMAN. 

SMALL,  MAYNARD  AND  COMPANY,  Bos 
ton,  1898. 

8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  tide  and  orna 
mentation  in  gilt  on  backstrip,  tide  in 
gilt  on  front  cover,  frontispiece  and  other 
illustrations. 

Various  reprints  with  slight  changes  in 
binding  and  size  were  published  up  to  1 907. 


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1898 

WALT    WHITMAN    AT    HOME.     By 

HIMSELF. 

Critic  Pamphlet  No.  2.  New  York:  The 
Critic  Company,  1898. 
8vo,  sewn,  uncut,  white  paper  covers, 
portrait  and  facsimile  MS. 

Whitman  first  wrote  this  under  the  title, 
"Walt  Whitman  in  Camden."  It  was  pub 
lished  in  the  Critic  Magazine ',  February, 
1885,  and  reprinted  in  "American  Authors 
at  Home,"  edited  by  J.  L.  and  J.  B.  Gilder, 
1888.  These  were  written  over  the  signa 
ture  of  George  Selwyn.  In  the  Critic  pam 
phlet  the  facsimile  page  of  manuscript  was 
added  and  Whitman's  name  used. 

A  reprint  of  "American  Authors  at 
Home"  was  published  by  A.  Wessels 
Company  in  1902.  This  contains  a  frontis 
piece  portrait  of  Walt  Whitman. 


1898 

THE  WOUND  DRESSER. 

A  Series  of  Letters  Written  from  the 

[40] 


Hospitals  in  Washington  during  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion.  By  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Edited  by  Richard  Maurice  Bucke,  M.D., 
one  of  Whitman's  literary  executors  (de 
vice). 

8vo,  red  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  frontis 
piece.  SMALL,  MAYNARD  AND  COMPANY, 
Boston,  1898. 

The  earliest  copies  have  the  publishers' 
device  on  title-page  slightly  out  of  center. 
There  is  a  second  issue  of  this  book,  which 
lists  the  name  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons 
under  the  name  of  Small,  Maynard  and 
Company,  and  on  the  verso  of  title-page 
is  the  date  1898,  with  words,  "Printed  by 
the  University  Press,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
U.S.A."  In  the  first  issue  the  copyright 
date  is  1897. 

There  is  a  special  large-paper  first  issue, 
limited  to  sixty  numbered  copies  signed 
by  the  editor.  Maroon  buckram,  uncut, 
white  paper  label,  portrait  on  Japan  paper. 
1898. 


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1899 

NOTES  AND  FRAGMENTS,  by  WALT 

WHITMAN. 

And  Now  Edited  by  Dr.  Richard  Mau 
rice  Bucke,  One  of  His  Literary  Exec 
utors.  "Waifs  From  the  Deep  Cast  High 
and  Dry,"  "Leaves  of  Grass,"  printed  for 
private  distribution  only.  1899. 
Small  quarto.  Dark  blue  pebbled  cloth, 
gilt  lettering  on  backstrip  and  front  cover. 

Limited  to  two  hundred  and  twenty-five 
copies  numbered  and  signed  by  Dr.  Bucke. 


1900 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.    By  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 

Including  a  Facsimile  Autobiography,  va 
riorum  readings  of  the  poems  and  a  de 
partment  of  Gathered  Leaves.  Philadel 
phia:  DAVID  McKAY,  1022  Market  St. 
8vo,  green  cloth;  gilt  tops,  uncut;  por 
trait,  preface  by  David  McKay,  facsimile 
of  Whitman's  autobiography,  1900. 

[42] 


Later  editions  lack  date  on  title-page,  and 
are  issued  from  the  Washington  Square  ad 
dress. 

1902 

LETTERS  WRITTEN  BY  WALT  WHIT 
MAN  TO  HIS  MOTHER  FROM 
1866  to  1872. 

Together  with  Certain  Papers  Prepared 
from  Material  now  First  Utilized.  Ed 
ited  by  Thomas  B.  Harned,  one  of  Whit 
man's  literary  executors.  G.  P.  PUTNAM'S 
SONS,  New  York  and  London.  The 
Knickerbocker  Press,  1902. 
Small  octavo,  greenish-gray  paper  covers. 

Only  five  copies  were  printed. 

i 

1902 

THE      COMPLETE     WRITINGS     OF 

WALT  WHITMAN. 
Issued  under  the  editorial  supervision  of 
his  Literary  Executors,  Richard  Maurice 
Bucke,  Thomas  B.  Harned,  and  Horace 
L.  Traubel.  With  additional  bibliographi- 

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cal  and  critical  material  by  Oscar  Lovell 
Triggs,  Ph.D.  G.  P.  PUTNAM'S  SONS, 
New  York  and  London.  The  Knicker 
bocker  Press,  New  York,  1902. 

Ten  volumes  in  several  editions  and  va 
rious  bindings,  small  quarto,  uncut. 

Autograph  edition  with  ms.  inserted  32  sets 
Paumanok  edition^  colored  plates  .  300  sets 
Booklovers  —  Camden  edition  .  .  500  sets 

The  Lamb  Publishing  Company. 

1904 

WALT  WHITMAN'S  DIARY  IN  CAN 
ADA. 

With  Extracts  from  other  of  his  Diaries 
and  Literary  Note-Books.  Edited  by 
William  Sloane  Kennedy. 
Small  quarto,  gray  boards,  vellum  back 
and  corners,  gilt  lettering,  uncut,  portrait, 
edition  limited  to  500  copies.  SMALL, 
MAYNARD  AND  COMPANY,  Boston,  1904. 

The  edition  was  limited  to  five  hundred 
copies.  A  few  were  bound  in  vellum  boards, 
but  the  greater  portion  of  the  issue  was 
bound  in  light  blue  cloth,  lettering  in  black, 

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edges  trimmed.   This  is  considered  the  sec 
ond  issue. 


1904 

AN  AMERICAN    PRIMER.     By  WALT 

WHITMAN. 

With  Facsimiles  of  the  Original  Manu 
script.  Edited  by  Horace  Traubel. 
Small  quarto,  gray  boards,  vellum  back  and 
corners,  gilt  lettering,  uncut,  portrait,  edi 
tion  limited  to  500  copies.  SMALL,  MAY- 

NARD  AND  COMPANY,  Boston,  1904. 

The  edition  was  limited  to  five  hundred 
copies.  A  very  few  were  bound  in  the  vel 
lum  boards,  the  greater  portion  of  the  is 
sue  was  bound  in  light  blue  cloth,  lettering 
in  black,  edges  trimmed.  This  is  consid 
ered  the  second  issue. 


1905 

LAFAYETTE  IN  BROOKLYN,  by  WALT 

WHITMAN. 
With  an  Introduction  by  John  Burroughs. 

[45] 


I2mo,  boards,  uncut,  paper  labels  on  front 
cover  and  backstrip,  portrait  frontispiece 
and  other  illustrations.  GEORGE  D.  SMITH, 
New  York,  1905. 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  in  all. 
Two  hundred  and  thirty-five  copies  on 
American  hand-made  paper.  Fifteen  copies 
in  Imperial  Japanese  vellum.  All  copies 
numbered  and  signed  by  the  publisher. 

1908 

COMPLETE  PROSE  WORKS. 

Specimen  Days  and  Collect,  November 
Boughs,  and  Gobd-Bye,  My  Fancy.  By 
WALT  WHITMAN.  New  York :  D.  APPLE- 
TON  AND  COMPANY,  1908. 
8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  frontis 
piece,  title  in  gilt  on  backstrip. 


1908 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Including  Sands  at  Seventy,  Good-Bye,  My 
Fancy,  Old  Age  Echoes,  and  a  Backward 

[46] 


Glance  O'er  Travel'd  Roads.    By  WALT 
WHITMAN. 

8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  frontis 
piece,  title  in  gilt  on  backstrip.  D.  Ap- 

PLETON  AND  COMPANY,  New  York,  1 908. 

Reprinted,  1910. 


1913 

CRITICISM:  AN  ESSAY.  By  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 
I2mo,  gray  boards,  uncut,  paper  label. 

One  hundred  copies  printed  for  members 
of  the  Carteret  Book  Club,  Newark,  N.J., 


1914 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.    WALT  WHITMAN. 

Complete. 

Authorized  by  the  Executors.  MITCHELL 
KENNERLEY,  New  York,  1914. 
8vo,  green  cloth,  portrait  frontispiece,  fac 
simile  signature. 

[47] 


Title  in  gilt  on  backstrip  and  front 
cover.  Also  issued  in  limp  leather  and  in 
paper  wrappers.  A  few  copies  of  the  cloth 
edition  were  uncut,  gilt  top. 


1914 

COMPLETE    PROSE  WORKS.     WALT 

WHITMAN. 

Authorized  by  the  Executors.  MITCHELL 
KENNERLEY,  New  York,  1914. 
8vo,  green  cloth,  frontispiece  showing: 
Whitman's  Tomb,  tide  in  gilt  on  backstrip 
and  front  cover. 

A  few  copies  of  this  edition  have  the 
Mitchell  Kennerley  title-page  and  binding, 
but  the  imprint,  Doubleday,  Page  and  Com 
pany,  on  backstrip  of  binding. 


1917 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  By  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 
Issued  under  the  Editorial  Supervision  of 

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his  Literary  Executors,  Richard  Maurice 

Bucke,  Thomas  B.  Harned,  and  Horace 

L.    Traubel.    Three    Volumes  in  One. 

DOUBLEDAY,  PAGE  AND  COMPANY,  Garden 

City,  New  York,  1917. 

Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  title  in  gilt  on 

backstrip. 

Reprinted,   1919,  as  "Centenary  Edi 
tion." 


1919 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  By  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Facsimile  Edition  of  the  1855  text- 
Quarto,  green  cloth,  tide  in  gold  on  back- 
strip  and  cover.  THOMAS  BIRD  MOSHER, 
WILLIAM  FRANCIS  GABLE,  Portland, 
Maine,  MDCCCCXIX. 

This  is  a  beautiful  facsimile  of  the  first 
edition,  with  an  introduction  giving  much 
bibliographical  data.  The  edition  consisted 
of  four  hundred  copies,  two  hundred  and 
fifty  copies  on  Old  Stratford  white  moire 
paper,  green  cloth,  stamped  to  match  the 
original  edition.  One  hundred  copies  on 

[49] 


Van  Gelder  hand-made  paper,  uncut,  num 
bered,  blue  paper  boards,  gold  stamped. 
Fifty  copies  on  Japan  vellum,  numbered 
and  signed  by  the  publisher.  Japan  vellum 
boards,  gold  stamped. 

A  second  issue  was  published  in  1920 
with  slight  changes.  Five  hundred  copies, 
green  cloth. 


SELECTIONS  FROM  THE  WORKS 
OF  WALT  WHITMAN 


1850 

VOICES  FROM  THE  PRESS. 

A  Collection  of  Essays,  Sketches,  and 
Poems.  Edited  by  James  J.  Brenton. 
Large  8  vo,  black  or  brown  cloth.  CHARLES 
B.  NORTON,  New  York,  1850. 

This  contains  "The  Tomb  Blossoms," 
reprinted  from  the  Democratic  Review. 
James  J.  Brenton  was  a  printer,  and  at 
one  time  employed  Whitman  as  a  work 
man.  The  book  contains  a  short  biogra 
phy  of  Whitman  as  a  printer. 


1868 

POEMS  BY  WALT  WHITMAN. 

Selected  and  edited  by  William  Michael 

Rossetti. 

Blue   cloth,  small,  thick    I2mo,  uncut. 

Portrait,  with  facsimile  signature.    JOHN 

CAMDEN  HOTTEN,  London,  1868. 

First  issue  can  be  distinguished  by  the 
absence  of  price  mark,  7  /  6,  on  backstrip, 
which  is  printed  on  the  second  issue.  Sev- 

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eral  pages  of  advertisements  appear  either 
in  front  or  back  of  both  issues.  Prefatory 
notice  by  Rossetti.  Regular  preface  to  the 
"Leaves"  by  Whitman,  ending  with  two 
lines  and  signature  in  facsimile  MS.  Re 
printed  8vo,  blue  and  maroon  buckram, 
uncut — 1886-1892-1895-1910,  and  a 
new  popular  edition  1920,  I2mo,  blue  cloth 
(fine  paper  edition).  All  published  by 
Chatto  and  Windus,  London. 

Although  the  first  English  edition,  and 
an  important  item,  the  book  is  at  best  a 
selection.  Poems  are  omitted  and  titles 
changed  in  deference  to  English  opinion, 
and  the  prefatory  notice  reads  like  an  apol 
ogy  for  the  book.  This  was  the  only  time 
that  Whitman  permitted  changes  or  ex 
purgations. 

1873 

AMERICAN  POEMS. 

Selected  and  edited  by  William  Michael 

Rossetti. 

8vo,   decorated  ivory  enameled  boards. 

Edges  bound  with  brass.    All  edges  gilt, 

[54] 


Title  on  backstrip  differs.  Some  copies  hav 
ing  "American  Poems,"  others  "Amer 
ican  Poetry,"  while  others  have  the  words 
"American  Poets."  London:  E.  MOXON, 
SON  &  Co.,  Dover  St.  and  i  Amen  Cor 
ner,  Paternoster  Row.  N.D.  (circa  1873). 

A  rare  and  curious  item.  The  book  is 
dedicated  to  Whitman.  Five  pages  of  the 
preface  are  devoted  to  Whitman.  Pages 
247  to  333  give  poems  from  "  Leaves  of 
Grass,"  with  titles  as  in  the  Rossetti  edi 
tion  of  1 868.  Headed  by  a  short  biography 
of  Whitman.  Also  issued  in  green  cloth 
and  half  morocco. 

Later  reprint,  Ward,  Lock  &  Co.,  Lon 
don.  8 vo, green  cloth.  "American  Poetry" 
gold-stamped  on  front  cover.  All  edges 
gilt.  Frontispiece  portrait  of  Walt  Whit 
man.  N.D.  (1875).  This  edition  is  printed 
on  different  paper,  within  borders. 


-  Also,  a  reprint  with  title,  "American 
Poems,  a  collection  of  Representative 
Verse,  with  short  biographies  of  the 
most  celebrated  American  authors." 

[55] 


Purple  cloth,  8vo,  uncut,   paper  label. 
WARD,  LOCK  AND  Co.,  London. 

This  issue  does  not  contain  the  preface. 
The  book  is  not  dedicated  to  Whitman 
and  Rossetti's  name  does  not  appear  on 
title-page. 


1886 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

The  Poems  of  Walt  Whitman,  (Selected,) 
with  an  introduction  by  Ernest  Rhys. 
i6mo,  brown  cloth,  frontispiece,  pic 
torial  design  and  gilt  title  on  backstrip ; 
pictorial  design,  and  the  name  "Whit 
man"  in  gilt  panel  on  front  cover.  Can 
terbury  Poets  Series.  WALTER  SCOTT, 
London,  1886. 

Later  editions  were  in  half  leather,  some 
also  in  blue  cloth,  uncut,  with  white  paper 
label.  The  later  editions,  although  having 
the  same  title-page,  do  not  contain  the  por 
trait  frontispiece,  and  some  copies  are  dated 
1887. 

[56] 


1886 

REMINISCENCES   of  Abraham  Lincoln 

by  Distinguished  Men  of  his  time. 
Collected  and  edited  by  Allen  Thorndike 
Rice. 

Pages  469-475,  an  essay  on  Lincoln  by 
Whitman,  with  a  portrait  of  Whitman 
and  a  portrait  of  Lincoln. 
Large  8vo,  brown  cloth,  illustrated. 
NORTH  AMERICAN  PUBLISHING  Co.,  New 
York,  1886.  Reprint,  1888. 


1887 

POETRY  OF  AMERICA.  SELEC 
TIONS  FROM  ONE  HUNDRED 
AMERICAN  POETS,  by  W.  J.  LIN- 
TON. 

Whitman,  pages  199  to  212. 
Large  I2mo,  green  cloth.   Frontispiece 
portrait  of  Walt  Whitman.  GEORGE  BELL 
AND  SONS,  London,  1887.  Bonn's  Stand 
ard  Library. 


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1889 

GEMS  FROM  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Selected  by  Elizabeth  Porter  Gould. 
Oblong  izmo,  maroon  cloth.  DAVID  MC 
KAY,  Philadelphia,  1889. 


1892 

SELECTED  POEMS  BY  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 

I2mo,  gray  cloth,  portrait  frontispiece. 
New  York,  1892 :  CHAS.  WEBSTER  &  Co. 

First  issue  in  the  Fiction,  Fact,  and 
Fancy  Series,  with  ornamental  device  on 
back  and  cover.  Later  issues  bear  the  Mc 
Kay  imprint  and  are  in  plain  and  in  half 
polished  calf.  Some  few  copies  bear  the 
London  imprint  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons. 

The  book  is  edited  by  Arthur  Stedman. 


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1892 

AUTOBIOGRAPHIA,   or  THE   STORY 

OF  A  LIFE. 

izmo,  gray  cloth.     New   York,    1892: 
CHAS.  L.  WEBSTER  AND  COMPANY. 

First  issue  in  the  Fiction,  Fact,  and  Fancy 
Series,  with  ornamental  device  on  back- 
strip  and  front  cover.  Also  issued  in  plain 
gray  cloth  and  in  half  polished  calf.  Later 
issues  bear  the  McKay  imprint  and  are  in 
blue  and  gray,  and  some  few  bear  the  Lon 
don  imprint  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1892. 

There  is  a  small,  scarce  issue  bearing  the 
David  McKay  imprint,  undated.  This  is 
thick  I2mo,  and  contains  "Autobio- 
graphia"  and  "Selected  Poems"  in  one 
volume.  Edited  by  Arthur  Stedman. 


1894 

AMERICAN  SONG. 

A  Collection  of  Representative  Ameri 
can  Poems,  with  Analytical  and  Critical 
Studies  of  The  Writers.  With  Introduc- 
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tion  and  Notes  by  Arthur  B.  Simonds, 
A.M. 

8vo,  maroon  cloth,  gilt  top,  uncut,  let 
tering  in  gilt  on  backstrip  and  front  cover. 
G.  P.  PUTNAM'S  SONS,  New  York,  Lon 
don.  Knickerbocker  Press,  1894. 

Contains  a  short  biography  and  criticism 
and  twelve  poems  by  Walt  Whitman. 

1895 

POEMS  BY  WALT  WHITMAN. 

Square  izmo,  orange  color  pebbled  paper 
wrappers.  London  Review  of  Review's 
office.  N.D.  (1895). 

The  Masterpiece  Library,  Penny  Poets 
Series,  No.  XXVII.  Later  editions  are 
bound  in  boards  and  are  combined  with 
other  poets. 

1898 

SELECTIONS  FROM  THE  PROSE  AND 
POETRY  OF  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Edited  with  an  introduction   by  Oscar 
Lovell  Triggs. 

[60] 


8vo,  green  buckram,  uncut,  portrait  fron 
tispiece.  Boston,  1898:  SMALL,  MAYNARD 
&  Co. 


1900 

WHEN  LILACS  LAST  IN  THE  DOOR- 
YARD  BLOOMED. 
Walt  Whitman's  Hymn  on  the  Death  of 
Lincoln.  Frontispiece,  initials,  and  tail 
piece  in  water-colors  by  C.  R.  Ashbee. 
8vo,  vellum,  uncut.  One  hundred  and 
thirty-five  copies  printed  on  vellum. 
London,  1900:  ESSEX  HOUSE  PRESS. 


1900 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  (Selections.) 

i6mo,  boards,  cloth,  and  leather,  frontis 
piece.  New  York,  1900,  H.  M.  CALD- 
WELL  Co. 

Also  in  limp  leather  by  Dean  &  Son, 

Ltd.,  London.    Several  years  later  again 

reprinted  in    King's  Treasury  Series,  by 

George   G.   Harrap,  London.  This  later 

[61  ] 


reprint  does  not  bear  the  Caldwell  copy 
right  date  of  1900. 


1900 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

With  Variorum  Readings,  and  a  Depart 
ment  of  Gathered  Leaves. 
Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  binding  stamped 
in  gold,  frontispiece  and  other  illustra 
tions.  Philadelphia,  1900,  DAVID  McKAY. 
This  is  a  reprint  of  the  1872  Washing 
ton  edition.  Later  issues  have  poems  added 
from  the  1876  edition,  Camden. 


1902 

WALT   WHITMAN'S  POETRY. 

A  Study  and  a  Selection  by  Edmond 

Holmes, 

Square    8vo,    uncut,  green  cloth,   gold 

stamping  on  front  cover  and  backstop. 

JOHN  LANE,  London,  1902. 

[62] 


1902 

POEMS  OF  WALT  WHITMAN. 

(Selections.)  With  a  biographical  intro 
duction  by  John  Burroughs. 
I2mo,  cloth,  also   leather;   frontispiece. 
THOMAS  Y.  CROWELL  &  Co.,  New  York, 
1902. 

The  first  issue  of  this  edition  does  not 
contain  "Drum  Taps."  The  "Poems" 
were  reprinted  from  the  1860  edition. 


1904 

SONG  OF  MYSELF. 

Square  8vo,  uncut,  issued  in  boards  and 
limp  leather. 

Also  a  special  edition  of  a  few  copies  on 
vellum,  bound  in  various  colored  fancy 
leathers  and  signed  by  Elbert  Hubbard. 
New  York,  1904,  issued  by  the  Roy  croft 
ers,  East  Aurora. 


1904 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Selected  with  a  prefatory  note  by  Harry 

Roberts. 

Small  8vo,  green  cloth. 

Number  one  of  the  Vagabond  Library. 
Issued  in  cloth  and  limp  leather  and  in 
two  sizes,  the  first  issue  small  8vo ;  second 
issue,  I2mo,  London,  1904,  Anthony 
Treherne  &  Co.,  Ltd. 

1904 

SELECTED  POEMS  OF  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 

Edited  with  an  introduction  and  notes  by 
Julian  W.  Abernethy,  Ph.D.  Maynard's 
English  Classic  Series,  number  242. 
I2mo,  brown  wrappers.  New  York,  1904, 
CHAS.  E.  MERRILL  &  Co. 


1904 

AMERICAN  LITERARY  CRITICISM. 
Selected  and  edited  with  an  Introductory 
[64] 


Essay  by  William  Morton  Payne,  associate 
editor  of  The  Dial. 

8vo,  red  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on  backstrip. 
LONGMANS,  GREEN  &  Co.,  New  York, 
London  and  Bombay,  1904.  The  Wam 
pum  Library. 

Contains  first    preface    to   "  Leaves    of 
Grass"  from  the  1855  edition. 

N.D.   (circa  1905) 

PEARLS  FROM  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Selected  by  F.  E.  Worland. 
I2mo  wrappers.  London,  N.D.  (1905), 
C.  W.  DANIEL,  LTD. 


1905 

THE  BOOK  OF  HEAVENLY  DEATH. 
Compiled  by  Horace  Traubel. 
Square   8vo,  boards,  paper  label,  uncut. 
Portland,    Maine,     1905,     THOMAS    B. 
MOSHER. 

Also  fifty  copies  numbered,  Japan  vel 
lum,  in  cream  vellum  boards. 


N.D.    (circa  1905) 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.   (A  Selection.) 
I2mo,  cloth,  also  in  wrappers.  London: 
SIEGLE,  HILL  &  Co. 


1905 

ONE    HUNDRED    BEST    AMERICAN 

POEMS. 

Selected  by  John  R.  Howard. 
I2mo,  red  cloth.  CROWELL  &  Co.,  New 
York,  1905. 

Four  of  the  poems  in  this  selection  are 
by  Whitman. 


1905 

THE  CHIEF  AMERICAN  POETS. 
Selected  Poems  by  Many  Americans,  by 
Curtis  Hidden  Page,  Ph.D. 
Large   8vo,    cloth.    Cambridge,    Mass., 

1905  :  HOUGHTON,  MlFFLIN  &  Co. 

Contains  a  large  selection  of  Whitman's 
poems,  a  short  biography  and  bibliography. 
[66] 


1906 

A     LITTLE      BOOK     OF     NATURE 
THOUGHTS. 

Selected  by  Anne  Montgomery  Traubel. 
Narrow  1 6mo,  blue  boards,  also  in  leather. 
Portland,  Maine,  1906:  THOMAS  B. 
MOSHER. 

This  was  reissued  241110,  limp  leather, 
London,  N.D.  (circa  1912),  by  Siegle, 
Hill  &  Co. 

N.D.  (circa  1906) 

SONG  OF  THE  OPEN  ROAD. 

I2mo,  limp  leather,  also  in  izmo,  yellow 
wrappers.  London,  ST.  CATHERINE  PRESS. 
N.D.  (circa  1908). 


1906 

MEMORIES  OF  PRESIDENT  LIN 
COLN,  AND  OTHER  LYRICS  OF 
THE  WAR. 

I2mo,  boards,  uncut.  Portland,  Maine: 
THOMAS  B.  MOSHER.   Nine  hundred  and 
[67] 


twenty-five  copies  on  hand-made  paper. 
One  hundred  copies  on  vellum. 

Reissued  with  slight  changes  in  1912  in 
large  square  8vo,  boards.  Three  hundred 
copies  on  hand-made  paper,  fifty  copies  on 
vellum. 


1907 

WHITMAN'S      SELECTED      POEMS. 

Preface  by  Padraic  Colum. 
i6mo,  green  paper  wrappers,  uncut, 
New  Nation  Booklets  No.  i.  Cover 
printed  in  brown  and  blue.  Back  cover 
lists  Irish  books  issued  by  Maunsel  & 
Co.,  Ltd.  Published  by  MAUNSEL  &  Co., 
LTD.  New  Nation  Press,  Dublin,  1907. 

This  item  is  very  scarce,  as  most  of  the 
edition  was  destroyed. 


1908 

THE  WISDOM  OF  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Selected  and  edited  with  an  introduction 
by  Laurens  Maynard. 
[68  ] 


Square  i6mo,  limp  calf,  gilt  decorations 
on  backstrip  and  front  cover.  BRENTANO, 
New  York,  1908. 


1909 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

I2mo,  brown  cloth.  People's  Library  Edi 
tion.  London,  1909:  CASSELL  &  Co. 

N.D.  (circa  1910) 

WALT  WHITMAN. 

Poems  selected  by  A.  T.  Quiller-Couch. 
I2mo,  wrappers.  Oxford:  CLARENDON 
PRESS,  N.D.  (circa  1910). 

N.D.  (circa  1910) 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

A  Selection  from  the  Poems  of  Walt 

Whitman. 

1 2mo,  wrappers.  London,  N.D.  (1910), 

GEORGE    ROUTLEDGE    &    SONS.     The 

Broadway  Booklets. 


1912 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS  and  DEMOCRATIC 

VISTAS. 

I2mo,  issued  in  cloth  and  leather.  Every 
man's  Library.  London,  N.D.  (1912):].  M. 
DENT&SONS;  New  York:  E.  P.  BUTTON 
&  Co.  Introduction  by  Horace  Traubel. 

This  edition  is  incomplete. 


1912 

THE  ROLLING  EARTH. 

Compiled  by  Waldo  R.  Browne,  with  an 
introduction  by  John  Burroughs. 
I2mo,  decorated  boards,  portrait  frontis 
piece.   Boston,   1912:  HOUGHTON  MIF- 
FLIN  COMPANY. 


N.D.  (circa  1913) 

SEA  DRIFT,  by  WALT  WHITMAN. 

i6mo,  levant,  uncut,  printed  on  one  side 
of  the  page  only.  London :  JARROLD  AND 
SONS,  N.D.  (1913). 
The  preface  of  this  booklet  gives  the 

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surprising  information  that  Whitman  fol 
lowed  various  professions  including  those 
of  lawyer  and  doctor.  Reprint,  1920,  in 
gray  cloth. 


1913 

POEMS  FROM  LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 
With  24  colored  illustrations  by  Marga 
ret  C.  Cook. 

Quarto,  green  cloth,  gold  stamping  on 
front  cover  and  backstrip.  London,  1913 : 
J.  M.  DENT  AND  SONS  ;  New  York :  E.  P. 
BUTTON  AND  COMPANY. 

There  is  a  second  issue  of  this  item 
which  was  issued  in  1915.  It  bears  the 
date  1913,  but  the  binding  lacks  the  gold 
decorations  on  backstrip  and  cover.  The 
title  in  this  edition  is  in  gold  on  the  back- 
strip,  but  the  rest  of  the  decorations  on 
backstrip  and  cover  are  stamped  in  black, 
probably  a  rebinding,  with  the  original 
sheets. 


[71] 


1914 

THE  OXFORD  BOOK  OF  AMERICAN 

ESSAYS. 

Chosen  by  Brander  Matthews.  OXFORD 
UNIVERSITY  PRESS,  American  Branch, 
New  York,  1914. 

8vo,  blue  cloth,  title  in  gilt  on  backstrip 
and  front  cover. 

This  book  contains  the  preface  to 
"Leaves  of  Grass"  taken  from  the  1855 
edition. 


N.D.  (circa  1914) 

LEAVES  OF   GRASS.  (A  Selection.)   By 

WALT  WHITMAN. 

I2mo,  limp  leather.  SIEGLE,  HILL  &  Co., 
London,  N.D.  (1914). 


N.D.  (circa  1914) 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  (A  Selection.) 
I2mo,  decorated,  in  red  cloth;  also  in 
green   and  blue   cloth.    London,   N.D. 


(igi4)>  CHAS.  H.  KELLY.  New  Age  Li 
brary. 


1915 

WALT  WHITMAN  AND  HIS  POETRY. 
By  Henry  Bryan  Binns.  Introduction  by 
William  Henry  Hudson. 
I2mo,  cloth,  portrait.  GEORGE  G.  HAR- 
RAP,  London,  1915.  Poetry  and  Life 
Series. 

Also  issued  in  heavy  brown  wrappers, 
uncut,  same  date.  This  issue  does  not  con 
tain  the  portrait  frontispiece. 


N.D.  (1916) 

MEMORIES     OF     PRESIDENT     LIN 
COLN. 

24010,  limp  leather.  New  York,  N.D. 
(1916).  Little  Leather  Library  Corpora 
tion. 


73 


N.D.  (circa  1918) 

WESTMINSTER  CLASSICS,  III.  WALT 
WHITMAN. 

Twenty-three  Poems.  Selected  by  Gwen 
Williams,  B.A.  Estimates  by  Emerson, 
Stevenson,  etc. 

I2mo,  brown  wrappers.  London,  N.D. 
(1918).  The  Athenaeum  Literature  De 
partment. 


N.D.  (1918) 

WALT  WHITMAN'S  POEMS. 
Edited  by  E.  Haldeman-Julius. 
i6mo,  wrappers.    APPEAL  TO  REASON, 
Girard,  Kansas.   People's  Pocket  Series, 

No.  73. 

1918 

READINGS  FROM  GREAT  AUTHORS. 
By  John  Haynes  Holmes,  Harvey  Dee 
Brown,  Helen  Edmunds  Redding,  The 
odore  Goldsmith.  New  York:  DODD, 
MEAD  &  COMPANY,  1918. 

[74] 


1918 

THE  PATRIOTIC  POEMS  OF  WALT 

WHITMAN. 

I2mo,  limp  leather,  uncut.    New  York, 

1918:  DOUBLEDAY,  PAGE  AND  COMPANY. 

Also  issued  in  cloth  with  a  paper  label. 

N.D.  (1918) 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS.  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Selected  from  the  Complete  Edition. 
I2mo,  brown  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  fron 
tispiece.    GEORGE  G.  HARRAP  &  Co., 
Ltd.,  London,  N.D.  (circa  1918). 

1919 

SONGS  OF  DEMOCRACY.    By  WALT 

WHITMAN. 

I2mo,  green  cloth.  DAVID  McKAY,  Phil 
adelphia. 

1920 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS,  by  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Selected  and  edited  with  an  introduction 

[75] 


by  Ernest  de  Selincourt.  HUMPHREY 
MILFORD,  Oxford  University  Press,  Lon 
don.  The  World's  Classics,  ccxvm. 


1920 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS. 

Selected  and  Edited  by  Ernest  de  Selin 
court. 

i6mo,  green  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on  back- 
strip.  HUMPHREY  MILFORD,  Oxford  Uni 
versity  Press,  London,  N.D.  (1920).  The 
World's  Classics  Series,  published  in  vari 
ous  bindings  and  styles,  cloth,  leather,  etc. 


N.D.  (1921) 

POEMS  BY  WALT  WHITMAN. 

Introduction  by  Carl  Sandburg. 

I2mo,  limp  leather  (imitation).    BONI  & 

LIVERIGHT,  New  York,  N.D.  (1921). 

A  small  selection  from  early  editions  of 
"  Leaves  of  Grass." 


[76] 


1922 

LEAVES  OF  GRASS,  1850-1881,  by  WALT 

WHITMAN. 

With  an  introduction  by  Stuart  P.  Sher 
man. 

I2mo,  blue  cloth.  Modern  Students'  Li 
brary.  CHAS.  SCRIBNER'S  SONS,  New 
York,  1922. 


BOOKS  ABOUT  WALT  WHITMAN 


1866 

THE  GOOD  GRAY  POET.    A  VINDI 
CATION. 

Reprinted  in  Walt  W hitman  y  by  Maurice 
Bucke,  M.D.  Philadelphia,  1883. 
Small  quarto,  tan  wrappers,  uncut.  Tide 
on  front  cover ;  also  title-page.    BUNCE 
AND  HUNTINGTON,  New  York,  1 866. 

Written  by  William  Douglas  O'Connor. 
Author's  name  not  on  cover  or  title,  but 
signed  at  end. 


1867 

NOTES  ON  WALT  WHITMAN  AS 
POET  AND  PERSON,  by  JOHN 
BURROUGHS. 

First  issue,  brown  pebbled  cloth,  dumpy 
lamo,  gilt  lettering  on  front  cover,  back- 
strip  blank,  all  edges  cut  and  sprinkled. 
This  issue  measures  4^x6  ^  inches. 

Second  issue  I2mo,  uncut,  plain  brown 
cloth.  Both  issues  —  New  York,  AMERICAN 
NEWS  COMPANY,  1867. 

There  was  also  a  very  small  issue  in  plain 
[81  ] 


blue  wrappers,  entirely  uncut.  This  issue 
is  extremely  rare,  but  two  copies  being 
known. 

In  an  early  letter  of  John  Burroughs  he 
mentions  that  only  a  few  copies  of  the 
book  were  issued  in  the  small  size.  The 
greater  portion  of  the  edition  being  issued 
as  a  regular  I2mo.  This  is  a  scarce  and  im 
portant  item  and  is  the  first  book  on  Walt 
Whitman. 

While  there  is  no  absolute  proof,  there 
is  much  reason  to  believe  that  Whitman 
edited  the  book  with  care  and  wrote  large 
portions  of  it  himself.  It  is  admitted  that 
in  the  early  part  of  his  career  Whitman  had 
a  calm  indifference  to  the  manner  of  mak 
ing  his  work  known.  His  use  of  the  Em 
erson  letter  and  his  anonymous  newspaper 
reviews  were  to  him  only  a  method  of  mak 
ing  his  message  plain. 

Burroughs,  then  a  very  young  man,  and 
almost  unknown,  also  an  intimate  friend 
and  admirer,  would,  doubtless,  readily  agree 
to  Whitman's  lending  a  hand  on  his  first 
book.  A  careful  reading  of  almost  any  por 
tion  of  the  text  will  show  much  that  is  like 

[82] 


Whitman  in  style  and  method.  It  is  also 
significant  that  after  1871  this  book  was 
not  reprinted,  and  was  never  included  in 
sets  of  John  Burroughs's  works. 


1871 

NOTES  ON  WALT  WHITMAN  AS 
POET  AND  PERSON,  by  JOHN 
BURROUGHS. 

Second  edition.  I2mo,  issued  in  brown, 
blue  and  green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  letter 
ing  on  front  cover.  J.  S.  REDFIELD,  New 
York,  1871. 

This  enlarged  and  revised  edition  con 
tains  supplementary  notes  dated  1871. 


1882 

FAMILIAR  STUDIES  OF  MEN   AND 
BOOKS,  by  ROBERT  Louis  STEVENSON. 
8vo,    sage-green   cloth,    boards,    uncut. 
CHATTO  AND  WINDUS,  London,  1882. 

This  book  contains  Stevenson's  essay  on 
Walt  Whitman. 

[  83] 


Reprinted,  with  a  "  Little  Journey  to  the 
Home  of  Whitman,"  by  Elbert  Hubbard. 
8vo,  limp  leather,  frontispiece.  The  Roy- 
croft  Shop,  East  Aurora,  N.Y.,  1900. 


1883 

WALT  WHITMAN,  by  RICHARD  MAURICE 

BUCKE,  M.D. 

LARGE  I2mo,  reddish  brown  cloth,  uncut, 
gilt  top,  etched  frontispiece  portrait,  by 
Herbert  Gilchrist.  DAVID  McKAY,  Phil 
adelphia,  1883. 

This  is  an  important  biography.  Whit 
man  not  only  carefully  edited  the  book, 
but  wrote  the  first  twenty-four  pages.  . 


1884 

WALT  WHITMAN,  by  RICHARD  MAURICE 
BUCKE,  M.D.,  to  which  is  added  Eng 
lish  Critics  on  Walt  Whitman,  edited 
by  Edward  Dowden,  etched  portrait 
by  Gilchrist  and  other  illustrations. 
8vo,  olive  green  cloth,  entirely  uncut. 


Glasgow:     WILSON    AND   McCoRMiCK, 
1 884.  Also,  undated,  with  Paisley  imprint. 


1884 

WALT  WHITMAN;  POET  AND  DEM 
OCRAT. 

The  Round  Table  Series. 
8vo,  green  wrappers,  brown  lettering  on 
front  cover,  by  John  Robertson,  but  pub 
lished  anonymously. 

Also  a  special  edition  of  one  hundred 
copies  on  hand-made  paper,  uncut,  parch 
ment  cover,  numbered  and  signed  by  pub 
lisher,  William  Brown,  Edinburgh,  1884. 


1887 

ANNE  GILCHRIST:    HER  LIFE  AND 

WRITINGS. 

Edited  by  Herbert  Harlakenden  Gilchrist. 
With  a  Prefatory  Notice  by  William 
Michael  Rossetti. 

8vo,  blue  cloth,  uncut,  portrait  frontis 
piece,  gilt  lettering  on  backstrip,  pictorial 

[85 1 


design  on  front  cover.  T.  FISHER  UNWIN, 
London,  1887.  American  edition  pub 
lished  by  SCRIBNER  AND  WELFORD,  New 
York,  1887. 


1889 

CAMDEN'S  COMPLIMENT  TO  WALT 

WHITMAN,  May  31,  1889. 
Notes,  addresses,  letters  and  telegrams. 
Edited  by  Horace  L.  Traubel. 
Frontispiece,  8vo,  red  cloth,  uncut,  gilt 
lettering  on  front  cover.  DAVID  McKAY, 
Philadelphia,  1889. 


1890 

NOTES  OF  VISIT  TO  WALT  WHIT 
MAN,  etc. 

Printed  for  private  circulation,  by  J.  John 
ston,  M.D. 

8vo,  tan  wrappers.  T.  BRIMELOW  AND 
COMPANY,  Bolton,  1890.  A  few  copies 
were  in  large  8vo,  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on 
front  cover. 

[86] 


A  later  issue  enlarged  and  illustrated, 
8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  under  the  title  of 
"Diary  Notes  on  a  Visit  to  Walt  Whit 
man  and  Some  of  His  Friends  in  1890," 
was  published  by  Manchester  Labour  Press, 
Ltd.,  Manchester,  1898.  A  few  copies  of 
this  edition  had  a  label  inserted  bearing  the 
imprint  of  Small,  Maynard  and  Company. 


1890 

LIBERTY  IN  LITERATURE. 

Testimonial  to  Walt  Whitman  by  Robert 
G.  Ingersoll. 

Issued  in  8vo,  wrappers,  and  in  brown 
cloth,  gilt  lettering.  TRUTH  SEEKER 
COMPANY,  New  York,  1890. 

Also  an   English   edition,  8vo,  brown 
cloth.  Gay  and  Bird,  London,  1891. 

1892 

GOOD-BYE  AND  HAIL  WALT  WHIT 
MAN. 
Edited  by  Horace  L.  Traubel. 

[87] 


Small  quarto,  printed  on  gray  paper,  un 
cut,  heavy  gray  wrappers. 

No  publisher.  Printed  by  Billstein  and 
Son,  of  Philadelphia,  for  Horace  Traubel, 
1892.  Limited  to  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
copies.  Many  of  the  copies  are  signed  by 
the  editor. 


1892 

THREE  TALES,  by  WILLIAM  DOUGLAS 
O'CONNOR.    The  Ghost,  The  Brazen 
Android,  The  Carpenter.  With  Preface 
by  WALT  WHITMAN. 
1 2mo,  green  cloth.  HOUGHTON,  MIFFLIN 
AND  COMPANY,  Boston  and  New  York, 
1892. 

One  of  the  stories,  "The  Carpenter,"  is 
a  story  of  Walt  Whitman. 

1892 

WALT  WHITMAN,  by  WILLIAM  CLARKE, 

M.A. 

izmo,  brown  embossed  cloth,   frontis- 
[  88  ] 


piece  portrait.  SWAN,  SONNENSCHEIN  AND 
COMPANY,  London,  1892. 

There  is  also  an  American  edition  pub 
lished  by  Macmillan  &  Company,  New 
York  City,  N.Y. 


1893 

WALT  WHITMAN:  A  STUDY,  by  JOHN 

ADDINGTON  SYMONDS. 
Quarto,  green  cloth,  uncut,  illustrated. 
JOHN  C.  NIMMO,  London,  1893. 

Also  a  large-paper  edition  on  special 
paper,  limited  to  two  hundred  and  eight 
copies.  Blue  cloth,  white  paper  label  on 
backstrip.  Same  date  and  publisher.  This 
is  one  of  the  important  books  on  Whit 
man. 

A  popular  edition,  i6mo,  green  cloth, 
gilt  lettering,  issued  by  George  Routledge 
and  Son,  Ltd.,  London,  N.D.,  circa 
1915.  This  issue  does  not  have  illustra 
tions. 

Reprinted  in  regular  8vo  size,  in  red 
and  in  green  cloth,  with  words  "New  Edi- 


tion"   on  title-page.     London:    John   C. 
Nimmo,  1896. 


1893 

BROWNING     AND     WHITMAN:     A 
STUDY  IN  DEMOCRACY,  by  OS 
CAR  L.  TRIGGS  (University  of  Chi 
cago), 
izmo,  brown  embossed  cloth.    London: 

SWAN,  SONNENSCHEIN  AND  COMPANY ; 

New  York:  MACMILLAN  AND  COMPANY, 


1895 

WALT  WHITMAN:  HIS  RELATION 
TO  SCIENCE  AND  PHILOSOPHY. 
A  paper  read  at  the  Meeting  of  the  Aus 
tralasian  Association  for  the  Advance 
ment  of  Science,  held  at  Brisbane  in  Janu 
ary,  1895,  by  William  Gay. 
I2mo,  wrappers,  uncut.  MASON,  FIRTH 
AND  MCCUTCHEON,  Melbourne,  1895. 

[90] 


1895 

CONVERSATIONS       WITH       WALT 

WHITMAN,  by  SADAKICHI. 
8vo,  blue  gray  wrappers,  uncut.  E.  P. 
GOBY  AND  COMPANY,  New  York,  1895. 

Portrait  in  line  of  Sadakichi  and  Whit 
man  on  front  cover.  Written  by  Sadakichi 
Hartmann. 


1896 

WALT  WHITMAN;     THE    MAN,    by 

THOMAS  B.  DONALDSON. 
Large  8vo,  uncut,  illustrated.  FRANCIS  P. 
HARPER,  New  York,  1896. 

The  first  issue  is  in  plain  green  cloth, 
uncut.  Later  issues,  same  date,  in  red  cloth, 
title  in  gold. 

English  Edition.  Large  8vo,  wrappers, 
entirely  uncut.  Suckling  and  Galloway, 
1896. 

Another  English  issue,  published  by  Gay 
and  Bird,  8vo,  uncut,  green  cloth,  white 
paper  label,  London,  1897. 


The  English  editions  were  limited  to  a 
very  small  number. 

1896 

WHITMAN:   A  STUDY,  by  JOHN  BUR 
ROUGHS. 

8vo,  green  buckram,  uncut,  portrait  fron 
tispiece,  white  paper  label.  Special  Lim 
ited  Edition,  HOUGHTON,  MIFFLIN  AND 
COMPANY,  Boston  and  New  York,  1896. 

This  was  also  issued  as  volume  10  of 
the  Riverside  Edition  of  John  Burroughs's 
Works  in  8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  top, 
portrait  frontispiece,  decorations  in  gilt. 

Also,  same  date,  regular  edition  square 
I2mo,  light  olive-brown  cloth, darker  back- 
strip,  flower  device  on  front  cover,  gilt  let 
tering  on  backstrip,  top  edge  gilt.  Re 
printed,  1902. 

Also  English  editions,  i2mo,  brown 
cloth,  A.  P.  Watt  and  Son,  London, 
N.D.  And  8vo,  blue  cloth,  white  paper 
label.  Archibald  Constable  and  Co.,  Lon 
don,  N.D. 

The  Special  Limited  Edition  with  paper 

[9*1 


label  is  most  desired  by  collectors  and  con 
sidered  the  real  first  issue. 


1896 

REMINISCENCES  OF  WALT  WHIT 
MAN,  With  Extracts  from  His  Let 
ters  and  Remarks  on  His  Writings,  by 
WILLIAM  SLOANE  KENNEDY. 
I2mo,  uncut,  brown  cloth,  with  title  in 
gilt  lettering  on  backstrip.    ALEXANDER 
GARDNER,  Paisley  and  London,  1896. 

Also  a  small  American  edition.  Blue 
cloth,  with  the  David  McKay,  Philadel 
phia,  imprint.  A  few  copies  had  the  Mc 
Kay  imprint  printed  on  a  small  label  pasted 
across  the  title-page  of  the  English  edi 
tion.  All  copies  bear  the  same  date. 

1900 

ANNE  GILCHRIST  AND  WALT  WHIT 
MAN,  by  ELIZABETH  PORTER  GOULD. 
8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  lettering. 
DAVID     McKAY,     Philadelphia,      N.D. 
(1900), 

[93] 


1901 

COSMIC  CONSCIOUSNESS,  by  RICHARD 

MAURICE  BUCKE. 

Quarto,  gray  cloth,  paper  label,  portrait 
frontispiece.  INNES  AND  SONS,  Phila 
delphia,  1901. 

A  few  special  copies  had  leather  back- 
strip  and  were  signed  by  the  author. 

A  second  edition  was  issued  in  1905. 

Both  editions  are  now  difficult  to  find. 
The  first  issue  was  a  small  one,  and  a  large 
number  of  the  second  edition  were  de 
stroyed  by  fire. 


1902 

WHITMAN'S     IDEAL     DEMOCRACY 
AND  OTHER  WRITINGS,  by  HEL 
ENA  BORN.    With  a  Biography  by  the 
editor,  HELEN  TUFTS. 
izmo,  brown  boards,  paper  label,  EVER 
ETT  PRESS,  Boston,  1902. 

Limited    to    five    hundred    numbered 
copies. 

[94] 


1903 

CATALOGUE  OF  A  COLLECTION  OF 
BOOKS,  LETTERS  AND  MAN 
USCRIPTS  BY  WALT  WHIT 
MAN,  in  the  library  of  George  M. 
Williamson. 

Quarto,  green  cloth,  gilt  lettering.    Ja 
maica,  L.I.,  THE  MARION  PRESS. 

Twenty-five  copies  were  printed  on 
Japan  paper,  numbered  i  to  25,  and  one 
hundred  and  two  copies  on  plated  paper, 
numbered  26  to  127. 

1903 

WALT   WHITMAN:    THE  POET  OF 
THE    WIDER     SELFHOOD,     by 
MILA  TUPPER  MAYNARD. 
I2mo,  gray  boards,  cloth  back,  gilt  letter 
ing.    CHAS.   H.   KERR  AND   COMPANY, 
Chicago,  1903. 

1904 

WALT    WHITMAN,    by    ISAAC    HULL 

PLATT. 
i6mo,  blue  cloth,  uncut,  frontispiece,  gilt 

[95] 


lettering.  SMALL,  MAYNARD  AND  COM 
PANY,  Boston,  1904. 

The  Beacon  Biographies  of  Eminent 
Americans.  Edited  by  M.  A.  DeWolfe 
Howe.  A  few  copies  were  in  paper  wrap 
pers  and  some  in  limp  leather. 


1904 

WALT  WHITMAN,  SEER;  A  BRIEF 

STUDY,  by  HENRY  WALLACE. 
I2mo,  heavy  white  wrappers.  WALTER 
SCOTT  PUBLISHING   COMPANY,    London 
and  New  York,  1904. 


1905 

A  LIFE    OF    WALT   WHITMAN,   by 

HENRY  BRYAN  BINNS. 
Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  uncut,  33  illustra 
tions,  title  in  gilt.  METHUEN  AND  COM 
PANY,  London,  1905.  American  Edition, 
E.  P.  BUTTON  AND  COMPANY,  New  York, 
1905.  German  Edition,  HAESSEL,  Leip 
zig,  1907. 

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The  first  English  edition  can  be  easily 
distinguished  from  reprints,  as  it  has  a  nar 
row  gold  line  bordering  the  edge  of  the 
front  cover.  Reprints  have  this  line  in  dark 
green. 

1905 

WALT  WHITMAN  AND  LEAVES  OF 
GRASS.  An  Introduction,  by  W.  H. 
TRIMBLE. 

I2mo,  green  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on  back- 
strip,  and  also  in  gray  wrappers,  I2mo, 
lettering  in  black.  WATTS  AND  COM 
PANY,  London,  1905. 

This  volume  includes  a  list  of  the  titles 
given  by  William  Michael  Rossetti  to  cer 
tain  of  Whitman's  poems,  which  were  used 
in  the  First  English  Edition  of  "Leaves  of 
Grass." 

1906 

WALT  WHITMAN:    HIS   LIFE  AND 

WORK,  by  BLISS  PERRY. 
8vo,  brown  cloth,  uncut,  illustrated.  Pa- 

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per  label,  limited  to  two  hundred  and  fifty 

COpieS.    HOUGHTON,  MlFFLIN  AND  COM- 

PANY,  Boston,  1906. 

There  is  also  a  large-paper  edition  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  copies,  8vo,  red 
cloth,  same  date,  published  by  Archibald 
Constable  and  Company,  Ltd.  Also  a  Re 
print  with  slight  additions  in  the  Riverside 
Popular  Biographies,  1908. 


1906 

DAYS  WITH  WALT  WHITMAN  AND 
SOME  NOTES  ON  HIS  LIFE  AND 
WORK,  by  EDWARD  CARPENTER. 
8vo,    green  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  top,  gilt 
lettering  on  backstrip  and  front  cover. 
Portrait  frontispiece  and  two  other  illus 
trations.  GEORGE  ALLEN,  London,  1906. 
American   issue    by    THE    MACMILLAN 
COMPANY,  New  York,  1906. 


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1906 

WITH  WALT  WHITMAN   IN  CAM- 
DEN,  MARCH  28-JULY  14,  1888, 
by  HORACE  TRAUBEL. 
Small  quarto,  green  cloth,  gilt  lettering, 
gilt  tops,  uncut.  SMALL,  MAYNARD  AND 
COMPANY,  Boston,  1906. 
Second  Volume:    July    i6-October   31, 
1888.    Same  format.  Publisher,  D.  AP- 

PLETON  AND  COMPANY,  New  York,  IQo8. 

Third  Volume:  March  28-July  14,  1888. 
November  i,  i888-January  20,  1889. 
Same  format.  Publisher,  MITCHELL  KEN- 
NERLEY,  New  York,  1914. 


1909 

WALT    WHITMAN,   by  GEORGE   RICE 

CARPENTER. 

8vo,  blue  cloth,  uncut,  gilt  lettering  on 
backstrip.  English  Men  of  Letters  Series. 
THE  MACMILLAN  COMPANY,  New  York, 
1909. 


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1910 

WALT  WHITMAN:  THE  MAN  AND 
THE  POET,  by  JAMES  THOMSON 
("B.  V."),  with  an  introduction  by 
BERTRAM  DOBELL. 

Large  izmo,  gray  wrappers,  also  in  blue 
cloth  with  gilt  lettering.  Published  by 
the  Editor,  BERTRAM  DOBELL,  London, 
1910. 

A  large-paper  edition  of  about  two  hun 
dred  copies  was  issued  same  year  on  special 
paper,  8vo,  uncut,  white  buckram,  gilt  let 
tering. 

1910 

AN  APPROACH  TO  WALT  WHIT 
MAN,  by  CARLETON  NOYES. 
izmo,  gray  boards,  uncut,  paper  label. 
Frontispiece  portrait.  HOUGHTON  MIF- 
FLIN  COMPANY,  Boston  and  New  York, 
1910. 


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1913 

WALT    WHITMAN'S    ANOMALY,  by 

W.  C.  RIVERS. 

GEO.  ALLEN  AND  COMPANY,  LTD.,  Lon 
don,  1913. 

The  sale  of  this  book  is  restricted  to 
members  of  the  legal  and  medical  profes 
sions. 

1914 

A  PLEA  FOR  SHAKESPEARE  AND 
WHITMAN:  SOME  FINDINGS 
FOR  PERSONS  WHO  LIKE  TO 
DO  THEIR  OWN  THINKING, 
by  TIMOTHY  CALL. 

i6mo,  green  boards,  black  lettering  on 
front  cover.  W.  T.  CALL,  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  1914. 

1914 

WALT     WHITMAN:     A     CRITICAL 

STUDY,  by  BASIL  DE  SELINCOURT. 
Large  8vo,  blue  cloth,  gilt  lettering.  MAR 
TIN  SECKER,  London,  1914.    American 

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Edition  published  by  MITCHELL  KENNER- 
LEY,  New  York,  1914. 

1915 

WALT  WHITMAN  AS  MAN,  POET 
AND  FRIEND.  BEING  AUTO 
GRAPH  PAGES  FROM  MANY 
PENS:  Collected  by  CHARLES  N. 
ELLIOT. 

Square  8vo,  uncut,  gilt  top,  half  leather 
and  brown  board  sides.  Portrait  frontis 
piece  and  other  illustrations.  Limited  to 
five  hundred  numbered  copies  printed 
on  Old  Stratford  Paper.  RICHARD  G. 
BADGER,  Boston,  1915. 

Later  issues  in  the  same  year  were  bound 
in  half  cloth  and  brown  boards. 

1915 

IVORY    APES    AND     PEACOCKS,    by 

JAMES  G.  HUNEKER. 
8vo,  blue  cloth,  gilt  lettering.    CHARLES 
SCRIBNER'S  SONS,  New  York,  1915. 

This    contains    the  essay  "A  Visit  to 
Walt  Whitman." 

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1916 

WALT  WHITMAN:  YESTERDAY  AND 
TODAY,  by  HENRY  EDWARD  LEG- 
LER. 

8vo,  green  boards,  uncut,  paper  label  on 
front  cover  and  backstrip.  BROTHERS  OF 
THE  BOOK,  Chicago,  1916. 

Six  hundred  copies  on  Fabriano  hand 
made  paper  and  type  distributed. 


LOVE    IN   HINDU    LITERATURE,  by 

BENOY  KUMAR  SARKAR. 
8vo,  brown  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on  back- 
strip.  MARUZEN  COMPANY,  LTD.,  Tokyo, 
1916. 

This  book  is  not  of  special  literary  value, 
but  it  shows  the  reaction  of  the  Oriental 

mind  to  the  writings  of  Walt  Whitman. 

• 

1917 

VISITS  TO  WALT  WHITMAN  IN  1890- 
1891,     BY    TWO    LANCASHIRE 

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FRIENDS,    by  J.  JOHNSTON,   M.D., 

and  J.  W.  WALLACE. 
8vo,  green  imitation  cloth  (embossed  pa 
per),  illustrated.  GEORGE  ALLEN  AND 
UNWIN,  London,  1917.  American  Edi 
tion  published  by  EGMONT  H.  ARENS, 
NEW  YORK,  1918. 


1918 

THE  LETTERS  OF  ANNE  GILCHRIST 

AND  WALT  WHITMAN 
Edited  with  an  introduction,  by  THOMAS 
B.  HARNED. 

Large  8vo,  illustrated,  green  cloth,  gilt 
lettering.  DOUBLEDAY,  PAGE  AND  COM 
PANY,  Garden  City,  New  York,  1918. 


1920 

WALT  WHITMAN;  THE  MAN  AND 

HIS  WORK. 

Translated  from  the    French    of  Leon 
Bazalgette,  by  ELLEN  FITZGERALD. 
Large  8vo,  green  cloth,  gilt  lettering  on 


backstrip  and  front  cover.   DOUBLEDAY, 
PAGE  AND  COMPANY,  New  York,  1920. 

A  somewhat  expurgated  translation  of 
the  author's  "Walt  Whitman,  L'Homme 
et  son  CEuvre,"  published  in  Paris,  1908. 
Leon  Bazalgette  has  done  much  for  Whit 
man  in  France — translated  "Leaves  of 
Grass,"  2  vols.,  Paris,  1909;  also  made 
scholarly  translations  from  Whitman's 
Prose  Works. 


1920 

WALT  WHITMAN:  THE  PROPHET 
OF  THE  NEW  ERA,  by  WILL 
HAYES. 

I2mo,  olive  boards,  uncut,  paper  label 
on  front  cover  and  backstrip.  C.  W. 
DANIEL,  LTD.,  London,  N.D.  (1920). 


1921 

THE  UNCOLLECTED  POETRY  AND 
PROSE  OF  WALT  WHITMAN. 
Much  of  which  has  been  but  recently 

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discovered.  With  Various  Early  Manu 
scripts  Now  First  Published.  Collected 
and  Edited  by  EMORY  HOLLOWAY, 
Professor  of  English  in  Adelphi  Col 
lege. 

Two  vols.,  large  8vo,  uncut,  green  cloth, 
paper  label.  DOUBLEDAY,  PAGE  AND 
COMPANY,  Garden  City,  New  York,  and 
Toronto,  1921.  Also  an  English  Edition. 
Two  vols.,  maroon  cloth,  paper  label. 
WILLIAM  HEINEMANN,  London,  1922. 

1921 

WALT  WHITMAN :  Being  the  Substance 
of  Three  Lectures  Delivered  to  the 
List  Card  Adult  School,  by  GODFREY 
W.  MATHEWS. 

8vo,  tan  boards,  DAILY  POST  PRINTERS, 

Liverpool,  1921. 

1921 

WALT  WHITMAN  IN  MICKLE 
STREET,  by  ELIZABETH  LEAVITT 
KELLER. 

I2mo,   uncut,   gilt  tops,   brown    cloth, 
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white  paper  label  on  backstrip,  illus 
trated.  MITCHELL  KENNERLEY,  New 
York,  1921. 

Edition  limited  to  twelve  hundred  and 
fifty  copies. 


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